Camenae

American  

[kuh-mee-nee] / kəˈmi ni /

plural noun

Roman Religion.

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

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

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

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 Livius, Titus

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

From The Function of the Poet and Other Essays by Lowell, James Russell