numen

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Vale, virorum ornatissime, neque dedigneris quod colere audeam Genii tui serenitatem supplex tam tenuis, et, quoniam numen quoque hoc de se non negat, amare etiam.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

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

Quod si ea ficta credimus licentia fabularum, Mopsum, Tiresiam, 5 Amphiaraum, Calchantem, Helenum, quos tamen augures ne ipsae quidem fabulae adscivissent, si res omnino repudiaret, ne domesticis quidem exemplis docti numen deorum conprobabimus?

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

"A Victorio Alferio … ultra res omnes dilecta, et quasi mortale numen ab ipso constanter habita et observata."

From The Countess of Albany by Lee, Vernon

Great they knew was “Jupiter Best and Greatest” of conquering Rome; and great the numen of the Cæsar, to which everywhere in this rich and servile province shrines were rising.

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.