Latin search results for: eminent

#1

adjective

Definitions:

  1. eminent/distinguished/notable
  2. foreground
  3. lofty/towering
  4. prominent/projecting
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Frequent, top 2000+ words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#2

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. foreground
  2. pre-eminence, superiority
  3. prominence/projection
  4. protuberance
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)
#3

adverb

Definitions:

  1. eminently
  2. highly
  3. of higher/noble birth
  • Age: Late, post-classical (3rd-5th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: Lewis & Short, “A Latin Dictionary”, 1879 (Lewis & Short)
#4

noun

  • declension: 1st declension
  • gender: feminine

Definitions:

  1. eminence, excellence, standing out
  2. title of a cardinal
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: Ecclesiastic, Biblical, Religious
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: L.F. Stelten, “Dictionary of Eccles. Latin”, 1995 (Ecc)
#5

adjective

Definitions:

  1. most eminent
  2. [~ vir, abb. E.V. => honorific title of praetorian perfects]
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: Legal, Government, Tax, Financial, Political, Titles
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: 2 or 3 citations
  • Source: “Oxford Latin Dictionary”, 1982 (OLD)