nomina
- plural of nomen.
Example Sentences
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It is the triumph of the theory of nomina numina; we need not return to it.
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
As the various Aryan families separated, the sense of the old words and names became dim, the nomina developed into numina, the names into gods, the descriptions of elemental processes into myths.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew
The first, whose principal though not sole champion is Max Müller, holds that myths are the result of a disease of language—words become things, "nomina numina."
From Essay on the Creative Imagination by Baron, Albert Heyem Nachmen
Wry-neck, Raii nomina: Jynx, sive torquilla: Usually appears about: The middle of March: harsh note.
From The Natural History of Selborne by White, Gilbert
Dædalus gave his son a pair of wings without considering the consequence; the boy flew out of all bounds, lost his wings, and tumbled into the sea: Icarus, Icariis nomina fecit aquis.
From Wanderings in South America by Waterton, Charles
