numen
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"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
I do not say that he or any other numen was the better for the change.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by Fowler, W. Warde
G ood is quað Joseph to dremen of win. heilnesse an blisse is ðer in. ðre daies ben get for to cumen. ðu salt ben ut of prisun numen.
From Selections from early Middle English, 1130-1250 Part I: Texts by Hall, Joseph
Est aqua Mercurii port� vicina Capen�; Si juvat expertis credere, numen habet.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
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