previous next
ē-mĭnus , adv. manus; cf. the opp. comminus; lit., hands apart, i. e. not hand to hand,
I.aloof, at fighting distance with missiles, a spear's-throw off (cf.: longe, procul).
I. Prop., a milit. t. t., used of fighting with missiles, spears, etc. (class.), mostly opp. comminus: “eminus fundis, sagittis reliquisque telis pugnabatur,” Caes. B. C. 1, 26. 1; cf. Sall. J. 50, 4; 101, 4; Nep. Alcib. 10, 6; Tac. H. 3, 27; Verg. A. 10, 346; 645; 776; Liv. 38, 21, 13 saep.; “of throwing fire, etc.: alii faces de muro in aggerem eminus jaciebant,” Caes. B. G. 7, 24, 4.—
II. Transf., in gen., at a distance, from a distance (mostly postAug.): “oppugnationem eminus incipere,” Tac. A. 13, 41: fer opem eminus unam, Ov. P. 1, 6, 17; id. Her. 16, 40; Lucr. 6, 904; 7, 650.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
hide References (10 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Caesar, Gallic War, 7.24.4
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 10.346
    • Caesar, Civil War, 1.26
    • Tacitus, Annales, 13.41
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.27
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 101
    • Lucretius, De Rerum Natura, 6.904
    • Cornelius Nepos, Alcibiades, 10.6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 38, 21
    • Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum, 50
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: