Camenae

American  

[kuh-mee-nee] / kəˈmi ni /

plural noun

Roman Religion.

• Camena
  singular

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

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Camenae Camena

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

These meetings took place on the spot where the sacred shield had fallen from heaven, and here Numa dedicated a grove to the Camenae, like Egeria deities of springs.

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

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

As Numa often repaired thither unattended, under pretence of meeting the goddess, he dedicated the grove to the Camenae, because, as he asserted, their meetings with his wife Egeria were held there.

From Roman History, Books I-III by Titus Livius

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

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

I believe that Ovid was translating πολύτροπος, since Livius Andronicus in translating Od I 1 had used uersutus to represent the adjective: 'Virum mihi, Camena, insece uersutum'.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Mark Bear Akrigg