numen
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I laughingly observed, that the "Nullum numen abest" had been honoured with an unexpected illustration.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 by Various
"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
Nullum numen adest si sit Prudentia," though, as Addison observes, "this sort of discretion has no place in private conversation between intimate friends.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 3, June, 1851 by Various
Apparet divum numen sedesque quietae quas neque concutiunt venti nec nubila nimbis aspergunt neque nix acri concreta pruina 20 cana cadens violat semperque innubilus aether integit, et large diffuso lumine rident.
From Readings from Latin Verse With Notes by Bushnell, Curtis C.
Quod si ea ficta credimus licentia fabularum, Mopsum, Tiresiam, 5 Amphiaraum, Calchantem, Helenum, quos tamen augures ne ipsae quidem fabulae adscivissent, si res omnino repudiaret, ne domesticis quidem exemplis docti numen deorum conprobabimus?
From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund
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