adverb
ēminus
ēminus (not comparable)
Classical[ˈeː.mɪ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈɛː.mi.nus]
Meaning
- not comparableat long range, beyond reach
- not comparablealoof
- not comparablefrom afar
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Procul · Longe · Eminus · E longinquo
1. Procul means at a considerable distance, but yet generally within sight, in opp. to juxta, Tac. H. ii. 74, like ἄποθεν; whereas longe, at a great distance, generally out of sight, in opp. to prope, Plin. Ep. vii. 27, like τῆλε. 2. Eminus means at such a distance as to be in reach only of missile weapons, in opp. to cominus, like πόῤῥωθεν; whereas e longinquo, from afar, means from a great distance, in opp. to e propinquo, like τηλόθεν.
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- eminus hastis, comminus gladiis uti
- to use javelins at a distance, swords at close quarters.
ē-mĭnus, adv. manus; cf. the opp. comminus; lit., hands apart, i. e. not hand to hand,
I. aloof, at fighting distance with missiles, a spear's-throw off (cf.: longe, procul).
I. Prop., a milit. t. t., used of fighting with missiles, spears, etc. (class.), mostly opp. comminus:
eminus fundis, sagittis reliquisque telis pugnabatur, Caes. B. C. 1, 26. 1; cf. Sall. J. 50, 4; 101, 4; Nep. Alcib. 10, 6; Tac. H. 3, 27; Verg. A. 10, 346; 645; 776; Liv. 38, 21, 13 saep.; of throwing fire, etc.: alii faces de muro in aggerem eminus jaciebant, Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4.—II. Transf., in gen., at a distance, from a distance (mostly postAug.):
oppugnationem eminus incipere, Tac. A. 13, 41: fer opem eminus unam, Ov. P. 1, 6, 17; id. Her. 16, 40; Lucr. 6, 904; 7, 650.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
ēminus adv.
ex + manus.—Of fighting, aloof, beyond sword reach, at a distance, a spear's-throw off : eminus telis pugnabatur, Cs.: sauciari, S.: certare, Ta.: Dryopem ferit hastā, V.: faces in aggerem iaciebant, Cs.: fer opem, from afar , O.
Origins
From ex (“out of, away from”) + manus (“hand, at hand”). Compare the antonym comminus.