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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈnjuː.mən/ [UK], /ˈnuː.mən/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-numen.wav Forms: numina [plural]
Rhymes: -uːmən Etymology: From Latin nūmen. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*new- (nod)}}, {{bor|en|la|numen|nūmen}} Latin nūmen Head templates: {{en-noun|numina}} numen (plural numina)
  1. A divinity, especially a local or presiding god. Categories (topical): Gods
    Sense id: en-numen-en-noun--Sh6VuZy Disambiguation of Gods: 70 30
  2. An influence or phenomenon at once mystical and transcendant.
    Sense id: en-numen-en-noun-rx0Ga~DD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: numinous, numinal

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈnuː.men/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈnuːmɛn] [Classical-Latin], /ˈnu.men/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈnuːmen] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: * Could be simply an action noun of *nuō, for *nuimen, from *nuō + -men, thus meaning "a nodding with the head", "a nod", "command", "will" (as nūtus), with the particular meaning of "the divine will", "the will or power of the gods", "divine sway". * Others suggest the Ancient Greek word νοούμενον (nooúmenon) ("an influence perceptible by mind but not by senses"), from νοέω (noéō), was borrowed into Early Latin as the word noumen, whose spelling changed to numen in Classical Latin. Head templates: {{la-noun|nūmen<3>}} nūmen n (genitive nūminis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|nūmen<3>}} Forms: nūmen [canonical, neuter], nūminis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], nūmen [nominative, singular], nūmina [nominative, plural], nūminis [genitive, singular], nūminum [genitive, plural], nūminī [dative, singular], nūminibus [dative, plural], nūmen [accusative, singular], nūmina [accusative, plural], nūmine [ablative, singular], nūminibus [ablative, plural], nūmen [singular, vocative], nūmina [plural, vocative]
  1. a nod of the head Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-numen-la-noun-2BLPs4Fm
  2. divine sway or will Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-numen-la-noun-F80KxcA9
  3. divine power or right Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-numen-la-noun-yxYIvFN~
  4. divinity (Georges Dumézil argues this is a modern meaning and not one from the Classical period, where it was either attributed to particular gods or other entities, such as in numen Cereris or numen dei, or wrongly interpreted) Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-numen-la-noun-BKHQgUWj Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 17 8 4 67 4 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin neuter nouns in the third declension, Latin terms suffixed with -men Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 30 2 1 65 1 Disambiguation of Latin neuter nouns in the third declension: 15 16 11 47 11 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -men: 37 9 3 48 3
  5. (by extension) fairy Tags: broadly, declension-3
    Sense id: en-numen-la-noun-WoHmqnVW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: noumen

Verb [Old English]

IPA: /ˈnumen/
Head templates: {{head|ang|past participle}} numen
  1. past participle of niman Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: niman
    Sense id: en-numen-ang-verb-XChenpFk Categories (other): Old English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Romanian]

Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], numen [accusative, indefinite, nominative], numenul [accusative, definite, nominative], numen [error-unrecognized-form, indefinite], numenului [definite, error-unrecognized-form], numenule [vocative]
Etymology: Borrowed from French noumène. Etymology templates: {{bor+|ro|fr|noumène}} Borrowed from French noumène Head templates: {{ro-noun|n|-}} numen n (uncountable) Inflection templates: {{ro-decl-noun-single|g=n|gpd=numenelor|gpi=numene|gsd=numenului|gsi=numen|n=sg|npd=numenele|npi=numene|nsd=numenul|nsi=numen|vp=numenelor|vs=numenule}}
  1. noumenon Tags: neuter, uncountable
    Sense id: en-numen-ro-noun-6teX9auj Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Romanian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 1 5 6 2 1 19 1 26 38 1 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 4 8 1 1 25 1 23 35 1 2

Noun [Spanish]

IPA: /ˈnumen/, [ˈnu.mẽn] Forms: númenes [plural]
Rhymes: -umen Etymology: From Latin numen. Etymology templates: {{der|es|la|numen}} Latin numen Head templates: {{es-noun|m}} numen m (plural númenes)
  1. numen Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-numen-es-noun-S25mbEp4
  2. muse (source of inspiration) Tags: masculine Synonyms: inspiración, musa
    Sense id: en-numen-es-noun-zjyGUrje Categories (other): Spanish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Spanish entries with incorrect language header: 11 89

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1952 May, George Santayana, “I Like to Be a Stranger”, in The Atlantic:",
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          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.251–252",
          "text": "in prece tōtus eram: caelestia nūmina sēnsī,\nlaetaque purpureā lūce refulsit humus.\n[As] I was rapt in prayer, I sensed [the presence of] heavenly powers, and the joyful ground gleamed with purple light.\n(A poetic encounter with Vesta (mythology); see also Vestalia.)"
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      "ipa": "/ˈnu.men/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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          "text": "in prece tōtus eram: caelestia nūmina sēnsī,\nlaetaque purpureā lūce refulsit humus.\n[As] I was rapt in prayer, I sensed [the presence of] heavenly powers, and the joyful ground gleamed with purple light.\n(A poetic encounter with Vesta (mythology); see also Vestalia.)"
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}

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