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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *men-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [eːˈmɪ.ne.oː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [eˈmiː.ne.o]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''ēmineō''' (present infinitive ēminēre, perfect active ēminuī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[ex-|t=out]] and a verb *mineō “to jut out”, from [[itc-pro|*menēō]], from [[ine-pro|*men-|t=to stand out]], as in [[immineō]] and [[prōmineō]].^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ The OLD's first citations are from Cato, of something projecting, and Plautus, of someone emerging.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Cato 234–149 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to stick out, project, as Cicero's ground with nothing rising to block the view of the sky, of persons to tower, as in Livy, and to emerge from confinement.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) In painting it meant to stand out in relief, as in Cicero and Pliny the Elder.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Figuratively it meant to be pre-eminent, excel, as in Cicero, and of feelings to be plain, reveal themselves.^(OLD 2012)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to stand out, be above, be plain or visible.^(Stelten 1995) [[en|eminent]] came from its participle ''ēminēns'' in the early 15th century.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of projecting.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of emerging.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of excelling and of relief in painting.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * early 15th century – English ''eminent'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To stand out, [[m|en|project]]; to tower.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To emerge.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To stand out in relief.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To [[m|en|excel]], be pre-eminent.^(OLD 2012)
+ # To be evident.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[ēminentia]]
+ * [[ēminulus]]
+ * [[praeēmineō]]
+ * [[superēmineō]]
+ * [[ēminēns]]
+ * [[ēminenter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[immineō]]
+ * [[minor]]
+ * [[prōmineō]]
+ * [[mōns]]
+ * [[en|eminent]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}