lares and penates

English

Etymology

A calque of Latin lares et penates. See lar and penates.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌlɛəɹiːz ənd pɪˈnɑːtiːz/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlɛɹiz ənd pɪˈnɑtiz/

Noun

lares and penates pl (plural only)

(Roman mythology) The household deities of ancient Rome, respectively overseeing the family and its house and storerooms.
- 1995;, Antony Kamm, The Romans: An Introduction, p. 87:
  The particular gods of the household were its lares and penates.
(figuratively) One's prized possessions, considered as the protectors or symbols of one's household.
- 1775, Horace Walpole, letter:
  I am returned to my own Lares and Penates—to my dogs and cats.
- 1949, Anna Wells Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston, p. 111:
  Dissenters came to South Carolina in the decade 1680-1690, some of them persons of means who might have brought with them their lares and penates.
- 1995, John E. Woods, translating Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, Vintage 1996, p. 178:
  “Please understand me now—if it were nothing more than muffled tones and scars on your Aeolus's bellows there, merely some calcified foreign matter, then I would send you packing to rejoin your lares and penates, and not worry one white more about you.”

Synonyms

(household deities): See household deity

单词	lares and penates
释义	lares and penates English Etymology A calque of Latin lares et penates. See lar and penates. Pronunciation (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌlɛəɹiːz ənd pɪˈnɑːtiːz/ (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌlɛɹiz ənd pɪˈnɑtiz/ Noun lares and penates pl (plural only) (Roman mythology) The household deities of ancient Rome, respectively overseeing the family and its house and storerooms. 1995;, Antony Kamm, The Romans: An Introduction, p. 87: The particular gods of the household were its lares and penates. (figuratively) One's prized possessions, considered as the protectors or symbols of one's household. 1775, Horace Walpole, letter: I am returned to my own Lares and Penates—to my dogs and cats. 1949, Anna Wells Rutledge, Artists in the Life of Charleston, p. 111: Dissenters came to South Carolina in the decade 1680-1690, some of them persons of means who might have brought with them their lares and penates. 1995, John E. Woods, translating Thomas Mann, The Magic Mountain, Vintage 1996, p. 178: “Please understand me now—if it were nothing more than muffled tones and scars on your Aeolus's bellows there, merely some calcified foreign matter, then I would send you packing to rejoin your lares and penates, and not worry one white more about you.” Synonyms (household deities): See household deity
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