Word of the Day for Thursday, May 3, 2012
numen \NOO-min\, noun:
Divine power, especially one who inhabits a particular object.
This “liquid” flowing up his arm and out of the other was numen, the divine substance, the sacred spirit that lives in a certain place in the body and sustains us all.
-- Jonathan Carroll, White Apples
He was now fairly confident that a shrine, unlike a temple, would contain no resident numen.
-- Dave Duncan, Present Tense (Round Two of the Great Game)
Numen is derived from the Latin word nūmen meaning "a nod, command, or divine will or power."
神圣的权力，特别是一个人栖息在一个特定的对象。
这种“液体”流入了他的手臂和其他守护神，神圣的物质，住在人体中的某些地方，并维持我们所有的神圣精神。
- 乔纳森·卡罗尔，白苹果
现在，他是相当有信心，不像寺庙，神社，将不包含居民的守护神。
- 戴夫·邓肯，现在时（大博弈两回合）
纽曼是来自拉丁词，意思是守护神“一点头，命令，或神的意志或权力。”
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