I.to stand or jut out, be prominent, to overhang, project (not in Cic.; cf. Moser ad Cic. Rep. 3, 7, p. 352 ext.; syn.: exsto, emineo).
I. Lit.: “Phaselis prominet penitus in altum,” Liv. 37, 23: “collis prominens,” id. 27, 48: “in pontum,” Ov. M. 13, 778: “coma prominet in vultus,” id. ib. 13, 845: “ante frontem,” Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 176: “ursis ungues prominent,” id. 8, 36, 54, § 126: “qui (dentes elephantorum) prominent,” id. 11, 37, 62, § 165: “nemorum coma gelido prominet Algido, Hor C. 1, 21, 6: cum promineret ore, quantum, etc.,” id. Epod. 5, 35; Val. Fl. 7, 30: matres familiae pectore nudo prominentes, bending forward, * Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 5.—
II. Trop., to reach out, extend to any thing, come forth: “quae (justitia) nec sibi tantum conciliata sit nec occulta, sed foras tota promineat,” Cic. Rep. 3, 7, 10: “maxima pars ejus (gloriae) in memoriam ac posteritatem promineat,” Liv. 28, 43, 5.—Hence, prōmĭnens , entis, P. a., prominent: “oculi,” Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141: figurae signorum, Vitr 6, 2.— Comp.: “prominentiore caudā,” Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 7.—Subst.: prōmĭnens , entis, n., a prominent part: “in prominenti litoris,” Tac. A. 1, 53.—Plur.: “prominentia montium,” Tac. A. 2, 16.—Adv.: prōmĭnenter , in a prominent manner.—Comp.: “prominentius a lecto,” Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11, 90; id. Tard. 2, 4, 73.
