English → Latin
“eminence” in Latin
excelsitāsloftiness, height, ascendencyamplitūdōA wide extent; breadth, width, amplitude, size, bulk, multiplicity, abundance.; Greatness; dignity, grandeur, prestige, sublīmitāsheight, loftiness; sublimityclīvusslope, hill, risecollumThe neck or throat.; A symbol of servitude.; A symbol of life.tumulusmound; hill; knoll; hillock; heap of earth; barrow; grave' tumuluspraestōto be preferable, better, coupled with quam; to be outstanding, be exceeding in something, to excel, stand out, be superexcellōto elevate, raise up; to rise, elevate oneself; to exult, be elatedcolligōto gather, draw, bring or collect (together), assemble, pick up; contract, draw up, compress, concentrate; harvest; to m
The English word eminence itself goes back to Latin ēminēns, through ēminentia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
eminence
excelsitas: amplitudo: sublimitas (litterally and figuratively): clivus: collis: tumulus [SYN. in HILL].
High rank, pre-eminence, praestantia: excellentia, etc. To attain to great eminence, summam gloriam consequi :. laudem sibi parere or colligere, etc. To have reached very great eminence, in summo esse fastigio (Nep.).
By way of eminence (“par excellence”), per or propter excellentiam: praecipue (per eminentiam, in Ulp.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for eminence?
- The usual Latin words for “eminence” are excelsitās, amplitūdō, sublīmitās; also clīvus, collum, tumulus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.