numen

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Ergo, Amor, i, morere; i, magnas, Puer alme, per umbras5 Elysiis non tam numen inane locis.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

Jn al fulsum hed sulen it ben numen.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

And again he says, speaking of God's care, "Quis enim potest—quam existimet a deo se curari—non et dies, et noctes divinum numen horrere?"

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

Hither Numa came to visit the forest-gods Faunus and Picus at their sacred fountain: Lucus Aventino suberat niger ilicis umbra, Quo posses viso dicere, numen inest.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

I do not say that he or any other numen was the better for the change.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde