Lares

See also: lares and läres

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Lares

Noun

Lares

1. The classical Roman gods of a place, particularly homes; household deity

Related terms

• lar

See also

• penates

Anagrams

• Arels, LASER, arsle, earls, laser, lears, rales, reals, seral

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Latin

Alternative forms

• larēs
• Lasēs

Etymology

From older Lasēs, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (lartʰ, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈla.reːs/, [ˈɫ̪äreːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.res/, [ˈläːres]

Noun

1. (Roman mythology) Lares, the classical Roman gods of a place, particularly homes; household deity

Usage notes

• The plural was archaically Lasēs.

Declension

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Related terms

• lār
• larva

Descendants

• English: lares, Lares, Lars

References

• “Lares”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “Lares”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Lares in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.