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|lshtext=<b>ē-mĭnĕo</b>: ŭi, 2, v. n.,<br /><b>I</b> to [[stand]] [[out]], [[project]] (freq. and [[class]].).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen. (syn.: exstare, excedere): cum ex [[terra]] [[nihil]] emineret, [[quod]] contemplationi caeli officere posset, Cic. Div. 1, 42: [[globus]] terrae e mari, id. Tusc. 1, 28: stipites ex [[terra]], Caes. B. G. 7, 73, 6; cf.: stipites ab ramis, id. ib. § 3: [[belua]] [[ponto]], Ov. M. 4, 690: [[rupes]] aequore, Luc. 2, 667: [[moles]] aquā, Curt. 4, 2, 21: oculi [[extra]] terram, Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 154: [[balaena]] dorso [[multum]] [[super]] aquas, id. 9, 6, 5, § 14: [[super]] [[corpus]] [[quasi]] [[verrucula]], Cels. 5, 28, 14: [[ferrum]] per costas, Liv. 8, 7 et saep.—Absol., Caes. B. C. 1, 41, 4; 2, 9, 1; Sall. J. 94, 2; Lucr. 1, 780 et saep.; cf. [[alte]], Ov. M. 15, 697: [[hasta]] in partes ambas, id. ib. 5, 139: jugum in [[mare]], Caes. B. C. 2, 24, 3; cf.: [[lingua]] in [[altum]] (i. e. [[mare]]), Liv. 44, 11.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., in [[painting]], to [[stand]] [[out]] in [[relief]], be [[prominent]], as the lights in a [[picture]], Cic. de Or. 3, 26, 101; Quint. 2, 17, 21; 8, 5, 26; Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 131 al.; cf. [[eminentia]], I.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop., to be [[prominent]], [[stand]] [[out]], [[become]] [[conspicuous]] (syn.: [[eluceo]], [[praecello]], [[excello]], [[appareo]], [[praesto]], [[antecedo]]).<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In gen.: [[animus]], cum erit [[inclusus]] in corpore, eminebit [[foras]], [[will]] [[extend]] [[beyond]], Cic. Rep. 6, 26 Mos.: ii quorum eminet [[audacia]] [[atque]] projecta est, id. Clu. 65, 183: [[quod]] quo studiosius ab ipsis opprimitur et absconditur, eo [[magis]] eminet et apparet, [[comes]] [[out]], becomes [[visible]], id. Rosc. Am. 41 fin.; cf. id. Verr. 2, 5, 62 Zumpt N. cr.; id. Tusc. 2, 26 fin.; Quint. 2, 12, 7; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 73 Spald.; Liv. 2, 5 fin.; 2, 10 al.; Curt. 4, 1, 24; 8, 1, 50; Ov. F. 3, 250: vix ex gratulando [[miser]] jam eminebam, [[was]] [[but]] [[now]] emerging from the [[flood]] of congratulations, Plaut. Capt. 3, 2, 5: vox eminet una, makes itself [[distinctly]] [[audible]], Ov. M. 15, 607.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In partic., to be [[prominent]], [[conspicuous]] [[through]] one's ([[good]]) qualities, to [[distinguish]] one's [[self]], be [[eminent]]: [[Demosthenes]] [[unus]] eminet [[inter]] omnes in omni genere dicendi, Cic. Or. 29 fin.; so [[with]] [[inter]], Quint. 8, 5, 9; 12, 5, 5; cf. [[with]] [[super]], Flor. 4, 2, 10: in [[aliqua]] re, Quint. 1, 12, 15; 2, 3, 6; 8, 3, 64 al.: [[aliqua]] re, Vell. 2, 127, 2; 2, 130, 1; Quint. 2, 8, 4; 3, 8, 65.—Absol.: excellit [[atque]] eminet vis, [[potestas]], etc., Cic. Rep. 2, 28; so [[with]] excellit, Tac. Or. 32: quae (sententiarum ornamenta) emineant pauciora, Cic. Or. 24, 81; so Liv. 5, 36; Vell. 2, 49 al.: altius, Nep. Chabr. 3, 3.—Hence, ēmĭnens, entis, P. a., [[standing]] [[out]], projecting, [[prominent]], [[high]], [[lofty]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Lit. (syn. [[editus]]): promontoria, Caes. B. C. 2, 23, 2: [[trabes]], id. ib. 2, 9, 5: saxa, Sall. J. 93, 4: oculi, Cic. Vatin. 2: genae [[leviter]], id. N. D. 2, 57, 143: [[statura]], Suet. Calig. 50: capita papaverum, Front. Strat. 1, 1, 4; Flor. 1, 7, 7: [[aedes]], [[standing]] on [[high]] [[ground]] (opp. [[plana]]), id. 1, 9, 4: [[nihil]] (in [[globo]]), Cic. N. D. 2, 18; cf. ib. 1, 27; cf. also the [[art]]. [[eminentia]]: patibulo [[eminens]] affigebatur, Sall. H. Fragm. ap. Non. 366, 14 (4, 40 Dietsch).—Comp.: [[trabes]], Caes. B. C. 2, 9, 3: [[nasus]] a summo, Suet. Aug. 79; of perspective in [[painting]]: [[alia]] eminentiora, [[alia]] reductiora fecerunt, Quint. 11, 3, 46.—Sup.: aliquod in montibus (i. e. [[vertex]]), Quint. 8, 2, 7; cf. [[mons]], Flor. 4, 12, 49.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Trop., [[lofty]], [[distinguished]], [[eminent]] (esp. freq. in the postAug. per., and [[mostly]] in the [[sup]].; syn.: [[praeclarus]], [[praestans]], [[excellens]], etc.): [[species]] deorum quae [[nihil]] solidi habeat, [[nihil]] eminentis, Cic. N. D. 1, 27, 75: [[ingenium]], Quint. 6 prooem. § 1: res dictu, Vell. 2, 114, 1.—Prov.: eminentis fortunae [[comes]] [[invidia]], Vell. Pat. 1, 9, 6.—Plur. as subst.: ēmĭnentes, ĭum, m., [[distinguished]] men, Tac. Agr. 5.—ēmĭnentĭa, ĭum, n.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Admirable passages in an [[oration]], Quint. 10, 1, 86.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Greatness, [[distinction]]: nun. [[quam]] [[eminentia]] [[invidia]] carent, Vell. 2, 40, 6.—Comp.: [[eloquentia]], Tac. Or. 25.—Sup.: auctores, Quint. 1, 2, 2; 1, 10, 10; 2, 3, 1; 9, 4, 79 et saep.; cf. Ruhnk. Vell. 2, 83 fin.— In the [[later]] [[empire]], Eminentissimus [[was]] a [[title]] of the Praefectus praetorio, and of the Magister militum, Cod. Just. 12, 47, 1; 9, 41, 11 et saep.—Adv.: ēmĭnenter, [[highly]], [[eminently]], August. in Psa. 95, 1.— Comp.: projectae [[cautes]] eminentius, Amm. 24, 2, 12: non eminentius [[quam]] municipaliter [[natus]], i. e. of [[higher]], nobler [[birth]], Sid. Ep. 1, 11.
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