eminentia

Latin

Etymology

ēminēns +‎ -ia

Noun

ēminentia f (genitive ēminentiae); first declension

1. prominence, protuberance
2. eminence, excellence

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ēminentia	ēminentiae
Genitive	ēminentiae	ēminentiārum
Dative	ēminentiae	ēminentiīs
Accusative	ēminentiam	ēminentiās
Ablative	ēminentiā	ēminentiīs
Vocative	ēminentia	ēminentiae

Synonyms

• (eminence): arduitās (Mediaeval)

Descendants

• Catalan: eminència
• → Finnish: eminenssi
• → German: Eminenz
• Italian: eminenza
• Old French: eminence
  • English: eminence, Eminence
  • French: éminence
• Portuguese: eminência
• Romanian: eminență
• Spanish: eminencia

Adjective

ēminentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of ēminēns

References

• “eminentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “eminentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• eminentia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• eminentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.