(v. n.P. a.) : prō-mīnĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n.
* To stand or jut out, be prominent, to overhang, project (not in Cic.; cf. Moser ad Cic. Rep. 3, 7, p. 352 ext.; syn.: exsto, emineo).
* Lit.: Phaselis prominet penitus in altum,Liv. 37, 23: collis prominens,id. 27, 48: in pontum,Ov. M. 13, 778: coma prominet in vultus,id. ib. 13, 845: ante frontem,Plin. 8, 32, 50, § 176: ursis ungues prominent,id. 8, 36, 54, § 126: qui (dentes elephantorum) prominent,id. 11, 37, 62, § 165: nemorum coma gelido prominet Algido, Hor C. 1, 21, 6: cum promineret ore, quantum, etc.,id. Epod. 5, 35; Val. Fl. 7, 30: matres familiae pectore nudo prominentes, bending forward, * Caes. B. G. 7, 47, 5.
* Trop., to reach out, extend to any thing, come forth: quae (justitia) nec sibi tantum conciliata sit nec occulta, sed foras tota promineat,Cic. Rep. 3, 7, 10: maxima pars ejus (gloriae) in memoriam ac posteritatem promineat,Liv. 28, 43, 5.—Hence, prōmĭnens, entis, P. a., prominent: oculi,Plin. 11, 37, 53, § 141: figurae signorum, Vitr 6, 2.— Comp.: prominentiore caudā,Plin. 10, 3, 3, § 7.—Subst.: prōmĭnens, entis, n., a prominent part: in prominenti litoris,Tac. A. 1, 53.—Plur.: prominentia montium,Tac. A. 2, 16.—Adv.: prōmĭnenter, in a prominent manner.—Comp.: prominentius a lecto,Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 11, 90; id. Tard. 2, 4, 73.

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