eminence Copy link Outline I. A rising ground1. tŭmŭlus2. lŏcus ēdĭtusII. High distinction1. fastīgium2. grădus, ūs (with some suitable adj.)3. praestantia (excellenceIII. As a title • eminence: I. A rising ground: 1. tŭmŭlus: a citadel planted on an e., arx quae imposita est tumulo, Liv.: e.s commanding the road, tumuli imminentes viae, Liv.: Caes. 2. lŏcus ēdĭtus: he threw up one fort on an e. before the citadel, unum castellum loco edito contra arcem objecit, Liv. The neut. of editus is also used substantively, mountain e.s, montium edita, Tac.: on an e., in edito, Suet. Phr.: from a rocky e., saxi de vertice, Virg.: v. height. II. High distinction: 1. fastīgium: to enjoy the highest e., in summo f. esse, Nep. Att. 10, 2: to maintain supreme e. amongst men, inter homines f. servare, Plin. Pan.: to attain the highest e. in eloquence, in fastigio eloquentiae stare, Quint. 2. grădus, ūs (with some suitable adj.): to occupy the highest e. in the state, in amplissimo dignitatis gr. collocatum esse, Cic.: a more exalted e., altior gr., Cic. 3. praestantia (excellence: q. v.): e. in virtue, ability, rank, p. virtutis, ingenii., fortunae., Cic.: v. pre-eminence. III. As a title: *ēmĭnentia, ēmĭnentissĭmus: (Kr.).