numen

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"And don't I say, as the ould heathen philosopher did of fortune, 'Nullum numen habes, si sit prudentia'?"

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Lever, Charles James

Jn al fulsum hed sulen it ben numen.

From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph

At id neque fleri potest, neque Christi sanctissimum numen approbat.

From The Lusiad or The Discovery of India, an Epic Poem by Camões, Luís de

There is the famous Nullum numen habes si sit prudentia: nos te, Nos facimus, Fortuna, deam, taken by Juvenal from the Greek.

From Five Stages of Greek Religion by Murray, Gilbert

Hither Numa came to visit the forest-gods Faunus and Picus at their sacred fountain: Lucus Aventino suberat niger ilicis umbra, Quo posses viso dicere, numen inest.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.