EGERIA  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian goddess of springs . Two distinct localities were regarded as sacred to her,—the See also:

• GROVE (O.E. graf, cf. O.E. gr(efa, brushwood, later" greave "; the word does not appear in any other Teutonic language, and the New English Dictionary finds no Indo-European root to which it can be referred; Skeat considers it connected with " grave," to
• GROVE, SIR GEORGE (182o-1900)
• GROVE, SIR WILLIAM ROBERT (1811-1896)

grove of See also:

• DIANA

Diana Nemorensis at See also:

• ARICIA (mod. Ariccia)

Aricia, and a See also:

• SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring in the immediate See also:

• NEIGHBOUR (O. Eng. neahgebiir, from Walt, " nigh," " near ")

neighbour-See also:

• HOOD,
• HOOD, JOHN BELL (1831–1879)
• HOOD, SAMUEL HOOD, VISCOUNT (1724–1816)
• HOOD, SIR SAMUEL (1762-1814)
• HOOD, THOMAS (1799-1845)
• HOOD, TOM (1835–1874)

hood of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome at the Porta See also:

• CAPENA

Capena . She derives her See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief importance from her legendary connexion with See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

King Numa, who had frequent interviews with her and consulted her in regard to his religious legislation (See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy i . 19; See also:

• JUVENAL (DECIMUS JUNIUS JUVENALIS) (c. 60-140)

Juvenal iii . 12) . These meetings took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place on the spot where the sacred See also:

• SHIELD (0. Eng. scild, cf. Du. and Ger. Schild, Dan. Skjold; the origin is doubtful, but may be referred to the root seen in " shell " or " scale "; another suggestion connects it with Icel. skjalla, to clash, rattle; it is not connected with the Indo-Ger
• SHIELD, WILLIAM (1748—1829)

shield had fallen from See also:

• HEAVEN (0. Eng. hefen, heofon, heofone; this word appears in O.S. hevan; the High. Ger. word appears in Ger. Himmel, Dutch hemel; there does not seem to be any connexion between the two words, and the ultimate derivation of the word is unknown; the sugges

heaven, and here Numa dedicated a grove to-the Camenae, like Egeria deities of springs . After the See also:

• DEATH

death of Numa, Egeria was said to have fled into the grove of Aricia, where she was changed into a spring for having interrupted the See also:

• RITES

rites of Diana by her See also:

• LAMENTATIONS (Lamentations of Jeremiah)

lamentations (See also:

• OVID [PUBLIUS OvID1us NASO] (43 B.C.–A.D. 17)

Ovid, Metam. xv . 479) . At Aricia there was also a Manius Egerius, a male counterpart of Egeria . Her connexion with Diana Nemorensis, herself a See also:

• BIRTH (a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages from the root of the verb " to bear ")

birth goddess, is confirmed by the fact that her aid was invoked by pregnant See also:

• WOMEN

women . She also possessed the See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of prophecy; and the statement (See also:

• DION

Dion . Halic. ii .

6o) that she was one of the See also:

• MUSES, THE (Gr. Mo6o-at, the thinkers)

Muses is due to her connexion with the Camenae, whose See also:

• WORSHIP (i.e. " worth-ship," O. Eng. weor8scipe)

worship was displaced by them .