LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbsecond conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

ēmineō

ēmineō (present infinitive ēminēre, perfect active ēminuī)
Classical[eːˈmɪ.ne.oː]Ecclesiastical[eˈmiː.ne.o]

Meaning

  1. to stand out, project, protrude
    Ipse inflammatus scelere et furore in forum venit; ardebant oculi, toto ex ore crudelitas eminebat.He came into the forum, burning with wickedness and rage; his eyes were blazing, and cruelty stood out from his whole face.70 BCE, Cicero, In Verrem 2.5.161
  2. to be prominent, stand out in relief
  3. figurativelyto be or become conspicuous or prominent, stand out (through one's good qualities); to be eminent, excel

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ex terrā exstābant, appārēbant
stand out, project
ēmineō -ēre — in De Bello Gallico III, ch. 19

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Apparet · Eminet

Apparet means what is visible to him who observes; eminet, what forces itself upon observation, and attracts the eye. Sen. Ir. i. 1. Apparent alii affectus, hic (scil. iræ) eminet. (vi. 23.)

Eminens · Excellens · Præclarus · Præstans · Insignis · Singularis · Unicus

1. Eminens, excellens, præclarus, and præstans, involve a quiet acknowledgment of superiority; whereas egregius, with an expression of enthusiasm, like glorious; eximius, with an expression of admiration, like excellent. 2. Eximius, &c. relate altogether to good qualities, like superior, and can be connected with vices and faults only in irony; whereas insignis, singularis, and unicus, are indifferent, and serve as well to heighten blame as praise, like distinguished, matchless. (vi. 111.)

Conjugation conjugation 2 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.ēmineōēminēbamēminēbōēminuīēminueramēminuerō
2nd sg.ēminēsēminēbāsēminēbisēminuistīēminuerāsēminueris
3rd sg.ēminetēminēbatēminēbitēminuitēminueratēminuerit
1st pl.ēminēmusēminēbāmusēminēbimusēminuimusēminuerāmusēminuerimus
2nd pl.ēminētisēminēbātisēminēbitisēminuistisēminuerātisēminueritis
3rd pl.ēminentēminēbantēminēbuntēminuērunt
ēminuēre		ēminuerantēminuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.ēmineamēminēremēminuerimēminuissem
2nd sg.ēmineāsēminērēsēminuerīsēminuissēs
3rd sg.ēmineatēminēretēminueritēminuisset
1st pl.ēmineāmusēminērēmusēminuerīmusēminuissēmus
2nd pl.ēmineātisēminērētisēminuerītisēminuissētis
3rd pl.ēmineantēminērentēminuerintēminuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.ēminē—
pres. 2nd pl.ēminēte—
fut. 2nd sg.ēminētō—
fut. 3rd sg.ēminētō—
fut. 2nd pl.ēminētōte—
fut. 3rd pl.ēminentō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveēminēre—
perfect infinitiveēminuisse—
present participleēminēns—
gerundēminendī, ēminendō, ēminendum

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

exstat atque eminet
it is quite manifest.

ē-mĭnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.,
I. to stand out, project (freq. and class.).
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. Cic. 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.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinēmineō

Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *men- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *mn̥éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *meneō Latin *mineō Latin ēmineō From ex- (“out of”) + *mineō, from Proto-Italic *menēō, from Proto-Indo-European *mn̥-éh₁-ye-ti, from *men- (“to stand out”).

In English words that came into English from ēmineō

  • preeminentpraeēminēns
  • supereminentsupereminens

Quick answers

What does ēmineō mean in Latin?
ēmineō, a verb, means “to stand out, project, protrude; to be prominent, stand out in relief; to be or become conspicuous or prominent, stand out (through one's good qualities)”.
What are the principal parts of ēmineō?
ēmineō, ēminēre, ēminuī (second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce ēmineō?
In classical Latin, [eːˈmɪ.ne.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈmiː.ne.o].
Where does ēmineō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ → Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs → Proto-Italic *eks → Latin ēmineō.