emineo

Latin > English

emineo eminere, eminui, - V :: stand out; be prominent/preeminent, excel; project

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

ē-mĭnĕo: ŭi, 2, v. n.,
I to stand out, project (freq. and class.).
I Lit.
   A 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.—
   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.—
II Trop., to be prominent, stand out, become conspicuous (syn.: eluceo, praecello, excello, appareo, praesto, antecedo).
   A 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.—
   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.
   A 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.—
   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.
   (a)    Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—
   (b)    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.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

ēmĭnĕō,⁹ ŭī, ēre, intr., s’élever au-dessus de, être saillant : ex terra Cic. Div. 1, 93 ; Cæs. G. 7, 73, 6, s’élever au-dessus du sol || [en peinture] être en relief, proéminent : Cic. de Or. 3, 101 || [fig.] : animus eminebit foras Cic. Rep. 6, 29, l’âme s’élancera au dehors ; amplitudo animi maxime eminet despiciendis doloribus Cic. Tusc. 2, 64, la grandeur d’âme est surtout mise en relief par le mépris de la douleur ; desperatio in omnium vultu eminet Liv. 21, 35, 7, le désespoir se manifeste sur tous les visages || l’emporter, se distinguer, dominer : Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes Cic. Or. 104, Démosthène l’emporte sur tous.

Latin > German (Georges)

ē-mineo, minuī, ēre, heraus-, hervorragen, I) eig.: 1) im allg.: a) vertikal heraus-, hervorragen, heraus-, hervorstehen, ne quid emineret, ubi ignis hostium adhaeresceret, Caes.: his quae eminebant paulatim in se residentibus, Sen.: et nihil emineant et sint sine sordibus ungues, Ov.: tumulis dumtaxat eminentibus, Curt.: eminentibus venis, Cels.: eminentibus oculis, Cic.: oculis foris eminentibus, Vopisc. – m. ex u. Abl., columella non multum e dumis eminens, Cic.: ex terra nihil eminet, quod etc., Cic.: globus terrae eminens e mari, Cic. – m. in u. Abl., machina, in qua undique praeacuti stimuli eminebant, Val. Max.: in medio fere nemore columnam eminere, Curt. – m. Abl. woraus? iam paulum moles aquā eminebat, Curt.: Dareus curru sublimis eminebat, Curt. – m. Abl. womit? ut capite paululum emineat (paxillus), Cels. – m. extra (über) u. Akk., ut (auris) extra tabulam non emineat, Cels. – m. super u. Akk., belua super ipsos fluctus dorso eminens, Curt.: super eum (ruborem) pustulae eminent, Cels. – mit Ang. wie weit? wie hoch? ut non amplius digitis quattuor ex terra eminerent (stipites), Caes.: altitudo muri L cubitorum eminet spatio, Curt.: petra in altitudinem XXX eminet stadia, Curt.: nostros montes (über unsere B.) per bis sex ulnas eminet locus, Lact. – b) horizontal hervorragen, -stehen, vorstehen, duobus eminentibus promunturiis, Caes.: sinus lunae maxime similis, cum eminent cornua, Curt. – m. Praepp., ex summo temone hastae praefixae ferro eminebant, Curt.: hastae multum ultra temonem eminentes, Curt.: dextra omnis acies extra proelium eminens, Liv.: ita ut per costas ferrum emineret, Liv.: inter radios rotarum plura spicula eminebant, Curt.: hasta in partes eminet ambas, Ov.: iugum directum eminens in mare, Caes.: pars eius ad Arctos eminet, ragt hinaus, Manil. – 2) insbes., a) als mediz. t. t., eminens caro, der fleischige Auswuchs, Scrib. Larg. 227. – b) als t. t. der Malerei, hervortreten, den Vordergrund bilden, ut quaedam eminere in opere, quaedam recessisse credamus, Quint. 2, 17, 21: nec pictura, in qua nihil circumlitum est, eminet, Quint. 8, 5, 26. – im Bilde, quo magis id, quod erit illuminatum, exstare atque eminere videatur, Cic. de or. 3, 101.
II) übtr.: 1) deutlich hervortreten, -sich zeigen, -sichtbar werden od. sein, a) übh.: primum metus eius, mox gaudium eminuit, Plin. ep.: eminet ante oculos, quod petis, ecce tuos, Ov.: sententiae ipsae magis eminent, Quint.: quorum eminet audacia atque proiecta est, Cic. – m. Praepp., toto ex ore crudelitas eminebat, Cic.: cum pigritia et desperatio in omnium vultu emineret, deutlich zu lesen war, Liv. 21, 35, 7: in quorum ore amor eminebat, Sen.: in Poro eminebat auctoritas, Curt.: privata quoque inter publicos honores studia eminebant, Liv.: eminente animo patrio inter publicae poenae ministerium, Liv.: nihil excelsum, nihil quod supra cetera emineat, Liv.: m. Abl. wodurch? quae (altitudo animi) maxime eminet contemnendis et despiciendis doloribus, Cic. – b) dem Klange nach hervortreten, vorklingen, per confusa frementis verba tamen vulgi vox eminet una, Ov. met. 15, 607. – 2) gleichs. hervor-, auftauchen, vix ex gratulando miser iam eminebam, Plaut. capt. 504: si iam tum, cum erit (animus) inclusus in corpore, eminebit foras, wird hinausstreben, Cic. de rep. 6, 29. – 3) hinausragen = hinausstreben, animus in futura eminens, Sen. de tranqu. anim. 9, 2. – 4) hervorragen, hervorstechen, hervorstrahlen = sich auszeichnen, a) v. Pers.: legendus, qui eminebat, Vell.: quos eminere videant altius, Nep. – mit Praepp., eminere inter aequales, Quint.: in his omnibus eminuit Plato, Quint. 1, 12, 15: Demosthenes unus eminet inter omnes in omni genere dicendi, Cic.: supra eam (veritatem) eminere visus est, Sen.: magna quoque ingenia quando plus quam in uno eminuerunt opere? Sen. rhet. – m. Abl. wodurch? armis et robore corporis super ceteros eminens, Curt.: claritudine eminuit, Vell. 2, 130, 1: nihil excelsum, nihil quod supra cetera emineat, in civitatibus fore, Liv. – b) v. Lebl.: tantum eminebat peregrina virtus, Liv.: excellit atque eminet vis, potestas nomenque regium, Cic. – m. Praepp., quibus inter populares aut nobilitas aut opes eminent, Curt.: quae res in negotiis vel bellicis vel civilibus eminebant, Eutr.: sciebas animum eius liberalibus disciplinis... sic esse fundatum, ut supra omnes corporis dolores emineat (erhaben ist), Sen. – m. Abl. wodurch? Philippicas (orationes) Demosthenis isdem eminere virtutibus, Quint. – / Nbf. emino, wov. eminavit, Vulg. (Amiat.) act. apost. 18, 16.