projecting (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. ēmĭnens, ntis2. prōmĭnens, ntis (prominent)3. prōjectus (usu. of places) • projecting (adj.): 1. ēmĭnens, ntis: p. promontories, promontoria e., Caes. B. C. 2, 23: cheeks p. slightly, leniter e. genae, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 143. 2. prōmĭnens, ntis (prominent): p. eyes, p. oculi, Plin. 11, 37, 53. (In Cic. Vat. 4, init., eminentes oculi, are eyes standing out with fury.) 3. prōjectus (usu. of places): a city p. into the sea, urbs p. in altum, Cic. Verr. 4, 10, init.: also absol., Virg. Aen. 3, 699.