Camenae

American  

[kuh-mee-nee] / kəˈmi ni /

plural noun

Roman Religion.

singular

Camena

1. four wise and prophetic deities or fountain nymphs: Carmenta, Egeria, Antevorta, and Postvorta; later identified with the Greek Muses.

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Camenae British  

/ kəˈmiːniː /

plural noun

1. Roman myth a group of nymphs originally associated with a sacred spring in Rome, later identified with the Greek Muses

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Example Sentences

But when the Greek gods came to Rome, the Camenae were identified with those impractical deities the Muses, who cared only for art and science.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The Camenae began as useful and practical goddesses who cared for springs and wells and cured disease and foretold the future.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

These meetings took place on the spot where the sacred shield had fallen from heaven, and here Numa dedicated a grove to the Camenae, like Egeria deities of springs.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 1 "Edwardes" to "Ehrenbreitstein" by Various

Vester, Camenae, vester in arduos Tollor Sabinos; seu mihi frigidum Praeneste, seu Tibur supinum, Seu liquidae placuere Baiae.

From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.

Mortales immortales si foret fas flere,   Flerent Divae Camenae Naevium poetam.

From The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius by Cruttwell, Charles Thomas