Egeria

British  

/ ɪˈdʒɪərɪə /

noun

1. a female adviser

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Etymology

Origin of Egeria

C17: name of the mythical adviser of Numa Pompilius, king of Rome

Example Sentences

Egeria who taught King Numa was said to be a Camena.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

But a woman of an entirely different type, the extraordinary Jewish authoress, and ingenious, spirited conversationalist and epistolographer, Rahel Levin, served him as a true Egeria in pure friendship and intellectual affinity.

From Women of the Teutonic Nations Woman: In all ages and in all countries Vol. 8 (of 10) by Schoenfeld, Hermann

The storm went down with the sun and the cold intensified until the biting blasts hurled across the open gate to Egeria Park were to the unprotected face like knife slashes.

From Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter by Tileston, Merrill

Is it seriously meant to compare the alleged disappearance of Romulus, or the secret interviews of Numa with his Egeria, to a history like this?

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.

At Aricia 13 there was also a Manius Egerius, a male counterpart of Egeria.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various