English

Etymology
Latin numen#Latin|numen.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'nju:m�n/

Noun
en-noun|num|ina

1. a divinity, especially a local or presiding god

#:*1965: Where were Secretaries James and Foster and Senator Joseph, those dear daft numina who�d mothered over Oedipa�s so temperate youth? � Thomas Pynchon, The Crying of Lot 49
#:*1985: It was the solid and immovable tabernacle of the living numen whose son he had known, though but briefly and not intimately, in the flesh, and whose message he accepted with all his heart. � Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

Latin

Noun
nūmen, nūminis, f.

1. divine power, divine right

Old English

Pronunciation
IPA|/�n�men/

Verb form
numen

1. Past participle of niman.

es:numen
ko:numen
it:numen
ru:numen
vi:numen
zh:numen

• 2007-02-14 20:17 - RobotGMwikt - robot Adding: [[it:numen]]

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