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ē-mĭnĕo , ŭi, 2, v. n.,
I.to stand out, project (freq. and class.).
I. Lit.
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. Cic. 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.
(α). Admirable passages in an oration, Quint. 10, 1, 86.—
(β). 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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