eminentia

ēmĭnentĭa, ae, f. [eminens], a standing out, projecting; concr., a prominence, protuberance.

• I Lit., Cic. N. D. 1, 38, § 174 (with soliditas); Ap. Flor. no. 18, p. 359; and in plur., Plin. 37, 10, 63, § 174. —Hence, in painting, the prominent, i. e. light parts, Cic. Ac. 2 (Luc.), 7, 20 (opp. umbrae). —
• II Trop., excellence: quaedam formarum, Gell. 5, 11, 9: senectutis suae, Vulg. 2 Macc. 6, 19.—Hence, per eminentiam, i. q. κατʼ ἐξοχήν, preëminently, par excellence, Ulp. Fragm. 11, 3: reperiet, eminentiam cujusque operis artissimis temporum claustris circumdatam, the highest ability in an art, Vell. 1, 17, 4.

ēminentia, ae, f. (emineo), das Hervorragen, konkr. = das Hervorragende, I) eig.: a) im allg., die Hervorragung, Erhöhung, elatior, Chalcid. Tim. 60: inferior, ibid. 191: marginis, ibid. 240: culminum, Apul. flor. 18. p. 28, 6 Kr.: nec habere ullam soliditatem nec eminentiam, körperlich hervortreten, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 105: Plur., eminentiae terrarum, Censor. fr. 2, 3: eminentiae naturales terrae, Chalcid. Tim. 60. – b) insbes., α) der Auswuchs an einer Pflanze od. am menschl. Körper, habere eminentias similes verrucis, Plin. 37, 174: eminentias tollere, Scrib. Larg. 228. – β) als t. t. der Malerei, das Licht, die Lichtpartien, Cic. Acad. 2, 20. – II) übtr.: a) die Hervorragung eines Alters, die Höhe, aetatis et senectutis em. digna, das hohe ehrwürdige Alter, Vulg. 2. Mach. 6, 23. – b) das Hervorstechende, der Vorzug, em. quaedam formarum, hervorstechende Eigenschaft, Gell. 5, 11, 9: per eminentiam = κατʼ ἐξοχήν, vorzugsweise, Ulp. fr. 11, 3.: Plur. v. Würden, eminentiae et praeeminentiae et supremitates, Claud. Mamert. de stat. anim. 3, 13. – c) die hervorragenden Talente, -Größen, cuiusque operis (jeder Kunstgattung), Vell. 1, 17, 4: duae eminentiae, Gell. 14, 3, 11.

eminentia [CL] 1 a high place or position. b protuberance (on body). a arce, ~ia GlC A 792; c1230 sex [cereos] in ~ia coram reliquiis ‥ ibi constitutis Offic. Sal. 5; flammarum globi de gurgite marino ‥ in terrarum ~ias exilire cernuntur Ad. Marsh Ep. 48.  b pro naso ‥ nullam ~iam habens Gir. TH II 21; quadrupedia ex quadam pectoris ~ia et aliarum partium concavitate ‥ ad natandum redduntur habilia Quaest. Salern. B 75; fuit ei [Samsoni] quedam ~ia in qua crines ‥ poris radicitus erant infixi Ib. P 125; signando ~iam cum encaustro, faciendo circulum ro[tundum] qui comprehendat totam ~iam Gad. 130. 2. 2 distinction, excellence: a (divine); b (of person; moral or spiritual); c (w. ref. to status); d (acad.). a divinae potestatis ~iam agnoscere Bede Gen. 160B; quanta divine fuit ~ia glorie Dominic V. Ecgwini I prol..  b laetabatur ‥ episcopus ‥ in adventu nepotis considerans in illo ‥ totius honestatis ~iam Osb. V. Dunst. 9; quem plurime meritorum laudabilium commendant ~ie Ad. Marsh Ep. 167; fideles putant talia a Deo concessa propter ~iam vite AncrR 31.  c 1012 (12c) (v. 2 censorius b); dum ~iam querit fallaciter intumescit J. Sal. Pol. 776B.  d c1432 nisi racione ~ie gradus magistralis excellencieve sanguinis aut magnitudinis in promocione StatOx 239. 3 (as title): a (papal); b (of cardinal); c (royal or unspec.). a 1095 quod me non egisse rogo ne aegre ferat sancta ~ia vestra Anselm (Ep. 193) IV 82; 1184 placuit Deo et ~ie vestre (Lit. Prioris ad Papam) Diceto YH 24.  b 1338 vestre dominacionis ~iam FormOx 100.  c noverit clarissima reginalis ~ie serenitas quod [etc.] Ad. Marsh Ep. 154; 1282 monentes ‥ canonice vestros cujuscunque sint ~ie subditos [etc.] Peckham Ep. 254. 4 (phil.) eminent quality. ordo ~ie: primo modo prius dicitur eminens et posterius excessum. et ‥ quidquid est nobilius et perfeccius secundum essenciam est sic prius Duns Prim. Princ. I 4–5; tres gradus cognoscendi Deum — per ~iam, causalitatem, et abnegacionem Id. Ord. IV 172.

ēmĭnentĭa, æ, f. (emineo), éminence, hauteur, proéminence, saillie, avance, relief, bosse : Cic. Ac. 2, 20 ; Nat. 1, 174 || [fig.] excellence, supériorité, prééminence : Vell. 1, 17, 14 ; Gell. 5, 11, 9.

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ēminentia ae,f

• eminens, a distinctive feature, conspicuous part: nulla.—The lights(in painting).