Egeria

English thumb|Egeria astronomical symbol Etymology en la Egeria. Pronunciation en /ɪˈdʒɪəɹɪə/ UK en ɪɹiə 4 Proper noun en Roman god A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology. 165 I On the heroine of his play he dwelt with the passionate fondness of a lover: there the real mingled with the ideal: could he write of love, and not think of Ethel Churchill? She was the Egeria of his heart, who taught him all the truth of tenderness. en astronomy 13 Egeria, a main belt asteroid. Synonyms astronomy 13 Egeria Translations The Roman nymph or goddess French: fr Égérie f Greek: el Ηγερία f Ancient Greek: grc Ἠγερία f Korean: ko ^에게리아 Asteroid Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 芙女星 Greek: el Ηγερία f Italian: it Egeria f Russian: ru Эгерия f See also mythology astronomy 13 Egeria Further reading Egeria (mythology) 13 Egeria Noun ? A patroness. en 1926 w:Ford Madox Ford A Man Could Stand Up— Penguin 2012 Parade's End 509 And she was being disrespectful and patronising to Lady Macmaster, Egeria to innumerable Scottish Men of Letters! en 1932 w:Duff Cooper Talleyrand 74 Folio Society 2010 Talleyrand informed Madame de Staël of the expected visit, and she, who had already pictured herself as the Egeria of the young genius upon whom the eyes of France were fastened, was waiting in the anteroom on the following morning. en 2009 Selina Hastings (writer) Selina Hastings The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham John Murray 2010 134 Ada, separated from her husband, was regarded as the Egeria of a mainly homosexual coterie that included Robbie Ross, Reggie Turner, Max Beerbohm and Lord Alfred Douglas. Anagrams en aeegir Ariège en Asteroids Latin Etymology Derived from la egeō lacking. Pronunciation Egeria Proper noun Egeria<1> la Roman mythology A mythological figure, a water nymph said to have married the second King of Rome, Numa Pompilius, and to have inspired him in making laws la Ovid Metamorphoses 15 547 551 Non tamen Egeriae luctus aliena levare damna valent; montisque iacens radicibus imis liquitur in lacrimas, donec pietate dolentis mota soror Phoebi gelidum de corpore fontem fecit et aeternas artus tenuavit in undas. But the woes of others did not have the strength to lift Egeria's griefs; and lying at the lowest roots of a mountain she melted into tears, until, moved by the faithfulness of her suffering, the sister of Phoebus made from her body a cool spring, and weakened her limbs into eternal streams. la female Egeria Declension Egeria<1> Related terms la Egerius Descendants grc Ἠγερία en Egeria fr Égérie égérie it Egeria References