Egeria
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of Egeria
C17: name of the mythical adviser of Numa Pompilius, king of Rome
Example Sentences
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Egeria who taught King Numa was said to be a Camena.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
And that if we look, therefore, for the right idiot——" "We shall find the right woman—our friend's mystic Egeria?
From The Sacred Fount by Henry James
Numa, King-- inventor of religion, 8. and the nymph, Egeria, 100.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
We left Rome this morning on an excursion to the "Fountain of Egeria."
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by N. Parker Willis
To you she is a maiden who rakes the hay; to Numa she was Egeria by the other fountain.
From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by George William Curtis
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