emineo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From ex- (“out of”) + *meneō, from Proto-Italic *menēō, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-éh₁-ye-ti, from *men- (“to stand out”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈmi.ne.oː/, [eːˈmɪneoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈmi.ne.o/, [eˈmiːneo]
Verb edit
ēmineō (present infinitive ēminēre, perfect active ēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- to stand out, project, protrude
- Synonym: exstō
- (of elements in a painting) to be prominent, stand out in relief
- (figuratively) to be or become conspicuous or prominent, stand out (through one's good qualities); to be eminent, excel
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References edit
- “emineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “emineo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- emineo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- it is quite manifest: exstat atque eminet
- it is quite manifest: exstat atque eminet