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
The fountain of Egeria is not more secludedly beautiful than its current above the fall.
From Pencillings by the Way Written During Some Years of Residence and Travel in Europe by Willis, N. Parker
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 James, Henry
Listening to the promptings of his Egeria, Madame de Longueville, he resolved to rescue her brother, his old comrade of Freiburg and N�rdlingen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
After that, he came into his chambers once more, sat down resolutely at his table by himself, and began to write in a trembling shaky hand his answer to "Egeria."
From The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Allen, Grant
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