See numen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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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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"Mythology",
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