supereminentia

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

sŭpĕrēmĭnentĭa: ae, f. super-emineo,
I supereminence (late Lat.): dei, Aug. Serm. 40; id. Gest. Pelag. 30, 55; Ambros. Parad. 2, 8: laudis, Hilar. Trin. 11, 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

sŭpĕrēmĭnentĭa, æ, f., grandeur suprême : Aug. Serm. 341, 9.

Latin > German (Georges)

super-ēminentia, ae, f. (superemineo), die Hervorragung, übtr., vis ac supereminentia numerorum, Claud. Mam. de stat. anim. 1, 25, 5: dei, Hoheit, Augustin. serm. 341, 9. Ambros. de parad. 2. § 8.