Egeria

British  

/ ɪˈdʒɪərɪə /

noun

1. a female adviser

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Etymology

Origin of Egeria

C17: name of the mythical adviser of Numa Pompilius, king of Rome

Example Sentences

Egeria who taught King Numa was said to be a Camena.

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

Finally, she stole away the heart of the Margrave from his grey-haired Egeria, and wrote to her husband, with whom she still corresponded, that she was to be "treated as a sister."

From Queens of the French Stage by Williams, H. Noel

And that if we look, therefore, for the right idiot——" "We shall find the right woman—our friend's mystic Egeria?

From The Sacred Fount by James, Henry

If Emmeline was the creature for the dance,—Susannah was the wooing, beguiling Egeria, who could snatch you from yourself in the moments of respite and repose.

From International Short Stories American by Various

Rousseau tortures himself afresh; Gibbon afresh saps solemn creeds with solemn sneer; afresh Egeria visits Numa in the silence of the night, his breast to hers replying.

From The Bridling of Pegasus Prose Papers on Poetry by Austin, Alfred