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Latin
Etymology
ēminēns + -ia
Noun
ēminentia f (genitive ēminentiae); first declension
- prominence, protuberance
- eminence, excellence
Declension
First-declension noun.
Synonyms
Descendants
Adjective
ēminentia
- 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.