emineo

Latin

Etymology

From ex- (“out of”) +‎ *meneō, from Proto-Italic *menēō, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-éh₁-ye-ti, from *men- (“to stand out”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈmi.ne.oː/, [eːˈmɪneoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈmi.ne.o/, [eˈmiːneo]

Verb

ēmineō (present infinitive ēminēre, perfect active ēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

1. to stand out, project, protrude

   Synonym: exstō

2. (of elements in a painting) to be prominent, stand out in relief

   Synonyms: excellō, exstō, antecēdō, praeēmineō, splendeō, ēniteō

3. (figuratively) to be or become conspicuous or prominent, stand out (through one's good qualities); to be eminent, excel

Conjugation

Conjugation of ēmineō (second conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēmineō	ēminēs	ēminet	ēminēmus	ēminētis	ēminent
	imperfect	ēminēbam	ēminēbās	ēminēbat	ēminēbāmus	ēminēbātis	ēminēbant
	future	ēminēbō	ēminēbis	ēminēbit	ēminēbimus	ēminēbitis	ēminēbunt
	perfect	ēminuī	ēminuistī	ēminuit	ēminuimus	ēminuistis	ēminuērunt, ēminuēre
	pluperfect	ēminueram	ēminuerās	ēminuerat	ēminuerāmus	ēminuerātis	ēminuerant
	future perfect	ēminuerō	ēminueris	ēminuerit	ēminuerimus	ēminueritis	ēminuerint
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	ēmineam	ēmineās	ēmineat	ēmineāmus	ēmineātis	ēmineant
	imperfect	ēminērem	ēminērēs	ēminēret	ēminērēmus	ēminērētis	ēminērent
	perfect	ēminuerim	ēminuerīs	ēminuerit	ēminuerīmus	ēminuerītis	ēminuerint
	pluperfect	ēminuissem	ēminuissēs	ēminuisset	ēminuissēmus	ēminuissētis	ēminuissent
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	ēminē	—	—	ēminēte	—
	future	—	ēminētō	ēminētō	—	ēminētōte	ēminentō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		ēminēre	ēminuisse	—	—	—	—
participles		ēminēns	—	—	—	—	—
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		ēminendī	ēminendō	ēminendum	ēminendō	—	—

Derived terms

• ēminēns
• ēminenter
• ēminentia
• ēminulus
• praeēmineō
• superēmineō

Related terms

• immineō
• prōmineō

References

• “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