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Egeria|ɪˈdʒɪərɪə|
In Roman Mythology, the name of a goddess, supposed to be the instructress of Numa Pompilius, and regarded as the giver of life; transf. a tutelary divinity; a patroness and adviser.
1621Burton Anat. Mel. (1624) To Rdr. b, My Mistris Melancholy, my ægeria, or my malus Genius. 1818Lady Morgan Fl. Macarthy III. ii. 82 Why may not I have my Egeria or my dæmon, as well as another? 1826Disraeli Viv. Grey iii. vi, It is in these moments, that Nature becomes our Egeria. 1890Athenæum 24 May 670/2 With the help and counsel of Beatrice, who turns his Egeria, he wins fame in law and politics. 1932H. Nicolson Diary 9 Dec. (1966) 124 She has a sort of Egeria look which must be put on. 1934E. Pound Eleven New Cantos xxxv. 23 His Wife now acts as his model and the Egeria Has, let us say, married a realtor. |