numen

numen englannista suomeksi

1. numen

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numen englanniksi

1. A divinity, especially a local or presiding god.

2. {{quote-text|en|year=1671|author=Ralph Cudworth|title=The True Intellectual System of the Universe|chapter=4

3. (RQ:Pynchon Crying Lot)

4. (quote-book)

5. An influence or phenomenon at once mystical and transcendant.

6. (quote-journal)but never did the places or the persons turn into idols for my irrational worship. It was only the ''numen'' in them that I loved, who, as I passed by abstracted, whispered some immortal word in my ear.

7. a nod of the head

8. divine sway or will

9. (Q)

10. divine power or right

11. (Q); see also (w).)

12. divinity (Georges Dumézil argues this is a modern meaning and not one from the Classical period, where it was either attributed to particular gods or other entities, such as in ''numen Cereris'' or ''numen dei'', or wrongly interpreted)

13. fairy

14. (past participle of)

15. noumenon

16. numen

17. muse (q)

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