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|gf=<b>ēmĭnentĭa</b>, æ, f. ([[emineo]]), éminence, hauteur, proéminence, saillie, avance, relief, bosse : Cic. Ac. 2, 20 ; Nat. 1, 174 || [fig.] excellence, supériorité, prééminence : Vell. 1, 17, 14 ; Gell. 5, 11, 9. | |gf=<b>ēmĭnentĭa</b>, æ, f. ([[emineo]]), éminence, hauteur, proéminence, saillie, avance, relief, bosse : Cic. Ac. 2, 20 ; Nat. 1, 174 || [fig.] excellence, supériorité, prééminence : Vell. 1, 17, 14 ; Gell. 5, 11, 9.||[fig.] excellence, supériorité, prééminence : Vell. 1, 17, 14 ; Gell. 5, 11, 9. | ||
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Revision as of 07:36, 14 August 2017
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ēmĭnentĭa: ae, f. eminens,
I a standing out, projecting; concr., a prominence, protuberance.
I Lit., Cic. N. D. 1, 38, § 174 (with soliditas); App. Flor. no. 18, p. 359; and in plur., Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 174. —Hence, in painting, the prominent, i. e. light parts, Cic. Ac. 2, 7, 20 (opp. umbrae). —
II Trop., excellence: quaedam formarum, Gell. 5, 11, 9: senectutis suae, Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 19.—Hence, per eminentiam, i. q. κατ ἐξοχήν, preëminently, par excellence, Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3: reperiet, eminentiam cujusque operis artissimis temporum claustris circumdatam, the highest ability in an art, Vell. 1, 17, 4.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
ēmĭnentĭa, æ, f. (emineo), éminence, hauteur, proéminence, saillie, avance, relief, bosse : Cic. Ac. 2, 20 ; Nat. 1, 174 || [fig.] excellence, supériorité, prééminence : Vell. 1, 17, 14 ; Gell. 5, 11, 9.
