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numen
English
Etymology
From Latin n?men.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?nju?.m?n/
- (US) IPA(key): /?nu?.m?n/
Noun
numen (plural numina)
- A divinity, especially a local or presiding god.
- 1671, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, Chapter 4:
- The Egyptians were doubtless the most singular of all the Pagans, and the most oddly discrepant from the rest in their manner of worship; yet nevertheless, that these also agreed with the rest in those fundamentals of worshipping one supreme and universal Numen […]
- 1671, Ralph Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe, Chapter 4:
- An influence or phenomenon at once mystical and transcendant.
See also
- numinous
- numinal
Latin
Alternative forms
- noumen
Etymology
- Could be simply an action noun of *nu?, for *nuimen, from *nu? + -men, thus meaning "a nodding with the head", "a nod", "command", "will" (as n?tus), with the particular meaning of "the divine will", "the will or power of the gods", "divine sway".
- Others suggest the Ancient Greek word ????????? (nooúmenon) ("an influence perceptible by mind but not by senses"), from ???? (noé?), was borrowed into Early Latin as the word noumen, whose spelling changed to numen in Classical Latin.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?nu?.men/, [?nu?m?n]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?nu.men/, [?nu?m?n]
Noun
n?men n (genitive n?minis); third declension
- a nod of the head
- divine sway or will
- divine power or right
- divinity
- (by extension) fairy
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Descendants
- ? English: numen, numinous
- ? Italian: nume
- ? Portuguese: nume, númen
- ? Spanish: numen
References
- numen in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- numen in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- numen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Old English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?numen/
Verb
numen
- past participle of niman
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin numen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?numen/, [?nu.m?n]
Noun
numen m (plural númenes)
- numen
- muse (source of inspiration)
- Synonyms: inspiración, musa
Further reading
- “numen” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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numinous
English
Etymology
From Latin n?men (“nod of the head; divine sway or will; divinity”) +? -ous (“suffix forming adjectives from nouns, denoting possession or presence of a quality”). N?men is believed to derive either from Latin *nu? (“to nod”) or from Ancient Greek ????????? (nooúmenon, “influence perceptible by the mind but not the senses”) (ultimately from ???? (nóos, “mind; thought; purpose”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?nju?m?n?s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?n(j)um?n?s/
- Hyphenation: nu?min?ous
Adjective
numinous (comparative more numinous, superlative most numinous)
- Of or relating to a numen (divinity); indicating the presence of a divinity. [from mid 17th c.]
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 40]:
- He held his own body in numinous esteem.
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 40]:
- Evoking a sense of the mystical, sublime, or transcendent; awe-inspiring.
Derived terms
- numinosity
- numinously
- numinousness
Related terms
- numen
- numinal
Translations
Further reading
- numinous on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- numinous (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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