Camenae

American  

[kuh-mee-nee] / kəˈmi ni /

plural noun

Roman Religion.

singular

Camena

1. four wise and prophetic deities or fountain nymphs: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta; later identified with the Greek Muses.

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Camenae British  

/ kəˈmiːniː /

plural noun

1. Roman myth a group of nymphs originally associated with a sacred spring in Rome, later identified with the Greek Muses

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Example Sentences

But when the Greek gods came to Rome, the Camenae were identified with those impractical deities the Muses, who cared only for art and science.

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

The Camenae began as useful and practical goddesses who cared for springs and wells and cured disease and foretold the future.

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

I protest that among law-givers I respect Numa, who declared, that, of all the Camenae, Tacita was most worthy of reverence.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 by Various

Mortales immortales si foret fas flere,   Flerent Divae Camenae Naevium poetam.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas

I. ‘Immortales mortales si foret fas flere Flerent divae Camenae Naevium poetam; Itaque postquam est Orci traditus thesauro Obliti sunt Romai loquier lingua Latina.’

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund