Egeria

Egeria

English

Egeria astronomical symbol

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Ēgeria.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɪˈdʒɪəɹɪə/
• Rhymes: -ɪɹiə

Proper noun

Egeria

1. (Roman mythology) A nymph or minor goddess from Roman mythology.
   • 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], OCLC 21345056, 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.

Synonyms

• (astronomy): 13 Egeria

Translations

The Roman nymph or goddess

Greek: Ηγερία (el) f (Igería)

Asteroid

Greek: Ηγερία (el) f (Igería)

See also

• (mythology): Egeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (astronomy): 13 Egeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Further reading

• Egeria (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 13 Egeria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Noun

Egeria

1. A patroness.
   • 1926, Ford Madox Ford, A Man Could Stand Up—, Penguin 2012 (Parade's End), p. 509:

     And she was being disrespectful and patronising to Lady Macmaster, Egeria to innumerable Scottish Men of Letters!

   • 1932, Duff Cooper, Talleyrand, Folio Society 2010, p. 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.

Anagrams

• Ariège