Egeria

ὁ φίλος ἐστὶν ἄλλος αὐτός → the friend is another self

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Ἠγερία, ἡ.

Ēgĕrĭa: (Aeg-), ae, f., = Ἠγερία,
I a nymph or Camoena celebrated in Roman mythology, the wife and instructress of Numa, with two sacred groves and fountains, the one near Rome, opposite the Porta Capena, the other in the neighborhood of Aricia, Liv. 1, 19; 21; Val. Max. 1, 2, 1; Ov. F. 3, 154; 261 sq.; 4, 669; id. M. 15, 482 sq.; Verg. A. 7, 763; 775; Juv. 3, 12 sq.

Ēgĕrĭa,¹³ æ, f., Égérie nymphe que Numa feignait de consulter] : Liv. 1, 19, 5 ; Virg. En. 7, 763.