numen
divine power or spirit; a deity, especially one presiding locally or believed to inhabit a particular object.
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How to use numen in a sentence
Another of the oaths prescribed by command of Caligula was “per numen Drusillæ.”
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanThe populus was the tree of Hercules, and the plane-tree was the “numen of Atridæ.”
Cultus Arborum | AnonymousNil praeter nubes et coeli numen adorant.They worship clouds and firmament alone.
A Philosophical Dictionary, Volume 3 (of 10) | Franois-Marie Arouet (AKA Voltaire)At id neque fleri potest, neque Christi sanctissimum numen approbat.
The Lusiad | Lus de CamesThe universe is directed by a ‘vis animae divina’ or ‘divinum numen’ (i. 250, 491).
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors | George Middleton
British Dictionary definitions for numen
/ (ˈnjuːmɛn) /
(esp in ancient Roman religion) a deity or spirit presiding over a thing or place
a guiding principle, force, or spirit
Origin of numen
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