emineo
Latin
Etymology
From ex- (“out of”) + *mineō, 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]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈmi.ne.o/, [eˈmiːneo]
Verb
ēmineō (present infinitive ēminēre, perfect active ēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem
- I stand out, project, protrude.
- Synonym: exstō
- (of elements in a painting) I am prominent, stand out in relief.
- Synonyms: excellō, exstō, antecēdō, praeēmineō, splendeō, ēniteō
- (figuratively) I am or become conspicuous or prominent, stand out (through my good qualities); I am 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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- it is quite manifest: exstat atque eminet
- it is quite manifest: exstat atque eminet