To be higher than other: to shew itselfe aboue other: to excel other. Eminere & appatere. Cic. Extare & eminere. Cic. Eminet illius audacia. Cic. His boldnes doth notably shew it selfe. Eminere extra terram. Plin. Eminet ante oculos quod petis ecce tuos. Ouid. That thou desirest appeareth before thy face. Eminere foras. Cic. To shewe himselfe out of doores. Eminere in re aliqua. Quint. To excell in any thing. Leuiter eminere. Cic. To appeare vp a little. Inter omnes in omni genere dicendi vnus eminer Demosthenes Ci. Only Demosthenes passeth or excelleth. Eminere quatuor digitos transuersos. Plin. To be foure fingers higher. Eminet animus maximè in contemnendis doloribus. Cice. Noble courage most appeareth in contemning griefe. Eminebat ex ore crndelitas. Cic. Ctueltie shewed it selfe in his countenaunce. Eminet ferrum per costas. Liu. The sworde goeth thoroughe him, and appeareth on the other side. Eminens è mari globus terræ. Ci. Appearing aboue the sea. Indignatio eminet. Curr. Displeasure appeareth. Eminet ira in suos maior. Li. His anger toward his subietis appeared greater. Eminebat etiam in voce, sceleris quod parabat atrocitas. Curt. The crueltie of the acte that he purposed, appeared euen in his voice. Virtutibus eminet oratio. Quint. Nemo magnopere eminebat in nouo populo. Liu. No man was of much greater authoritie than other, or did greatly passe other among, &c. Emineo, cum accusatiuo, actiuè. Curt. Iámque paulolum moles aquam eminebat. And by this time % pile or heape was somewhat higher than the water. Em nens, pe. cor. Particip. siue nomen ex particip. That appeareth higher: that is more excellent. Eminens effigies virtutis. Ci. The excellent image of vertue. Forma eminens. Sen. Leuiter eminentes genæ. Cic. Balles of the cheeke somwhat standing or rising vp. Oculi eminentes. Cic. Great eyes stauding out. Eminens statura. Col. An high stature.

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.