Egeria

British  

/ ɪˈdʒɪərɪə /

noun

1. a female adviser

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Etymology

Origin of Egeria

C17: name of the mythical adviser of Numa Pompilius, king of Rome

Example Sentences

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

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

Is it seriously meant to compare the alleged disappearance of Romulus, or the secret interviews of Numa with his Egeria, to a history like this?

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus by Chadwick, G. A.

This wise monarch, aware that superstition is one of the greatest engines in governing a people, encouraged a report that he regularly visited the nymph Egeria, who indeed, according to Ovid, became his wife.

From Heathen Mythology by Various

"Egeria, in the thunder!" exclaimed the hard, scoffing tones of Mr. Dingwell; whom, notwithstanding her former encounter with him, she would hardly have recognised in his ugly disguise.

From The Tenants of Malory Volume 3 of 3 by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan