Numen, núminis, pen. cor. n. g. Virg.The power, will, maieftie, might, or vertue of God, sometime God: godly power.Cultores numinis.Ouid.The worshippers of God.Amicum mihi numen.Virg.Benigno numine Deus. Horar. God fauourable.Conscia numina veri.Virg.The Gods that know whether one saith true or no. Conuersa numina. Virg.Diuinum numen.Cic.The power of God.Exorabile numen.Iuuen. Implacabile. Senec.Magna numina deûm.Virg.The great maiestie of the gods.Ineuitabile. Sta. Præsens & propitium alicui numen. Quint. A God readie to helpe and fauourable.Ibi præsens Dei numen maximê fuit.Liu.God there especially did shewe his power. Adorare numen.Virg.Asscribi numinibus, Vide ASSCRIBO.Colendum numen.Stat.Iram numinis contrahere sibi.Ouid.To procure the displeasure of God.Numine suo atque auxilio nos defendunt dij immorrales.Cic.With their power, and helpe.Secundis numinibus euenire.Tacit.By the fauour of God to happen.Iræ numinis exercent te.Virg.Diuûm numine feror in arma. Virgil. By the instinction of the Gods, I runne into battaile.Horrere diuinum numen. Cicero. Greatly to feare the dinine maiestie.Læsum numen.Virg.Metuens numinis ingenium.Ouid.Occursare numinibus, Vide OCCVRRO.Orare numina.Virg.Parent numini diuino omnes naturæ.Cic.All natures obey the power of God.Placabile numen.Ouid.Placare numen per sacrum aliquod Ouid.Diuinum numen precibus placase.Cic.Cœleste precari numen.Ouid.Sancta numina precamur.Virg.Spernere numina diuûm.Ouid.Cœlum & terras qui numine rorquet.Virg.Venelabile numen.Stat.Non violabile numen.Virg. Numina diuûm.Virg. Id est, oracula. Manifesto numine.Virg. Id est manifesto deorum iudicio. Numen.Virg.God. Si quid pia oumina possunt. Virg.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
nūmen, ĭnis, n. [for nuimen, root nu-; Gr. neu/w, nod; Lat. nuo in re-nuo, etc], prop., a nodding with the head, a nod: numen quasi nutus dei ac potestas dicitur, Paul. ex Fest. p. 173 Müll.—Hence, trop., a nod, i. e. command, will. I. In gen.: ad numen mentis momenque moveri, Lucr. 3, 144 (but id. 2, 632, and 4, 179, the correct reading is momine, v. Lachm.).—II. In partic., the divine will, the will or power of the gods, divine sway (the class. signif. of the word): numen dicunt esse imperium, dictum ab nutu: numina sunt, quojus imperium maximum esse videatur, Varr. L. L. 7, 85 Müll.: deo, cujus numini parent omnia, Cic. Div. 1, 53, 120: multa saepe prodigia vim ejus (Cereris) numenque declarant, id. Verr. 2, 4, 49, 107: di inmortales suo numine atque auxilio sua templa atque urbis tecta defendunt, id. Cat. 2, 13, 29: numen interdictumque deorum immortalium, id. Pis. 21, 48: nox et Diana, Nunc, nunc adeste, nunc in hostiles domos Iram atque numen vertite, Hor. Epod. 5, 54.—To Fortune: nullum numen abest, si sit prudentia, Juv. 10, 365.—Hence, transf., of the will, might, authority of powerful persons: flectere tenta Caesareum numen, numine, Bacche, tuo, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 45; cf. id. P. 4, 13, 24: annuite, Patres Conscripti, nutum numenque vestrum invictum Campanis, Liv. 7, 30; cf.: quanta potestas, quanta majestas, quantum denique numen, sit historiae, Plin. Ep. 9, 27, 1.—B.Godhead, divinity, deity, divine majesty, etc.: numina Palladis, Verg. A. 3, 543: per Dianae numina, Hor. Epod. 17, 3: venerantur numina nymphae, Mygdonidesque nurus, Ov. M. 6, 44: audis ... positas ut glaciet nives Puro numine Juppiter, Hor. C. 3, 10, 8.—Concr., a divinity, deity, a god, goddess: caeleste numen, Liv. 1, 21, 1; Val. Max. 2, 4, 4; 5, 1, 3; Amm. 19, 1, 4: summum, Sen. Q. N. 7, 30, 4; Amm. 15, 8, 9; 17, 7, 3 al.: templa et effigies numinum, Tac. A. 1, 10; 1, 73; 3, 71; 15, 45; Suet. Calig. 22: nos magna precati Numina, Verg. A. 3, 634: si quem Numina laeva sinunt, id. G. 4, 7: promissaque numine firmat, i. e.
by calling a god to witness, by an oath
, Ov. M. 10, 430: vadimus immixti haud numine nostro,
the divinity not with us
, Verg. A. 2, 396, cf. sqq.: hospes numinis Idaei, Juv. 3, 138: in contumeliam numinum, Plin. Pan. 11: Titus numinibus aequatus est, id. ib. 35: numinis loco habere, Tac. G. 8: numina quibus sacrificabat, Val. Max. 5, 10, ext. 2: ea numina, i. e. Apollo and Diana, Tac. A. 3, 61; Plin. 4, 7, 12, 25; 18, 13, 35, 132.—Of the manes of a beloved person: juro per illos manes, numina mei doloris, Quint. 6 prooem. 10 Spald.