NUMEN. The word numen is a neuter form ending in -men and derived from *nuere (found in the composite verbs adnuere, "agree with a nod of the head," and abnuere, "refuse with a nod of the head"). The formation is Latin, even...

Numen ("presence", plural numina) is a Latin term for the power of either a deity or a spirit that informs places and objects in Roman religion. The multiplication of names for Italic gods may obscure this sense of numinous presence in all the mundane...