numen

Example Sentences

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"And don't I say, as the ould heathen philosopher did of fortune, 'Nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia'?"

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

Ac sacram resonare viam mugitibus, ante Delubrum Rom�; colitur nam sanguine et ipsa More de�, nomenque loci, ceu numen, habetur.

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

"A Victorio Alferio … ultra res omnes dilecta, et quasi mortale numen ab ipso constanter habita et observata."

From The Countess of Albany by Lee, Vernon

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

Great they knew was “Jupiter Best and Greatest” of conquering Rome; and great the numen of the Cæsar, to which everywhere in this rich and servile province shrines were rising.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.