Egeria

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English

Egeria astronomical symbol

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Egeria.

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Egeria

  1. (Roman mythology) A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology.
    • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “A London Life”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. , volume I, London: Henry Colburn, , →OCLC, page 165:
      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.
  2. (astronomy) 13 Egeria, a main belt asteroid.

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Noun

Egeria

  1. A patroness.
    • 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up— (Parade's End), Penguin, published 2012, page 509:
      And she was being disrespectful and patronising to Lady Macmaster, Egeria to innumerable Scottish Men of Letters!
    • 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society, published 2010, page 74:
      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.

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Latin

Etymology

Derived from egeō (lacking).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Egeria f sg (genitive Egeriae); first declension

  1. 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
  2. a female given name, equivalent to English Egeria

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominative Egeria
genitive Egeriae
dative Egeriae
accusative Egeriam
ablative Egeriā
vocative Egeria

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References

  • Egeria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.