Lares

See also: lares and läres

English

Alternative forms

• lares, Lars, Lares

Etymology

From Latin Lares, plural form of lār, from Etruscan [Term?].

Noun

1. (Roman mythology) The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.

   Coordinate term: lemures

2. (historical) The idols representing these deities.

Derived terms

• lares and penates

Coordinate terms

• penates

Anagrams

• Arels, Arles, LASER, Laser, Searl, arles, arsle, earls, laser, lears, rales, reals, saler, seral

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Latin

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Alternative forms

• larēs, Lasēs

Noun

Larēs m pl (genitive Larum or Larium); third declension

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

Declension

Third-declension noun (parisyllabic non-i-stem or i-stem), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Larēs
Genitive	Larum Larium
Dative	Laribus
Accusative	Larēs Larīs
Ablative	Laribus
Vocative	Larēs

Usage notes

• The plural was archaically Lasēs.

Related terms

• lār
• lārva

Descendants

• English: lares, Lares, Lars

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Larēs ? pl (genitive Larium); third declension

1. A city in Africa situated on the valley of the Bagrada, now Lorbeus

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	Larēs
Genitive	Larium
Dative	Laribus
Accusative	Larēs Larīs
Ablative	Laribus
Vocative	Larēs
Locative	Laribus

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.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾes/ [ˈla.ɾes]

Proper noun

Lares ?

1. A town in Puerto Rico

Related terms

• lareño