prominentia

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /proː.miˈnen.ti.a/, [proːmɪˈnɛn̪t̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pro.miˈnen.t͡si.a/, [promiˈnɛnt̪͡s̪iä]

Etymology 1

From prōminēns +‎ -ia.

Noun

prōminentia f (genitive prōminentiae); first declension

1. a jutting out, prominence

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	prōminentia	prōminentiae
genitive	prōminentiae	prōminentiārum
dative	prōminentiae	prōminentiīs
accusative	prōminentiam	prōminentiās
ablative	prōminentiā	prōminentiīs
vocative	prōminentia	prōminentiae

Descendants

• French: prominence
  • English: prominence

Etymology 2

Participle

prōminentia

1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural of prōminēns

References

• “prominentia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• prominentia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.