Lares

See also: lares and läres

English

Alternative forms

• lares, Lars, Lares

Etymology

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

Noun

Lares pl (normally plural, singular Lar)

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.

Coordinate terms

• penates

Derived terms

• lares and penates

Anagrams

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

Czech

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlarɛs]

Proper noun

Lares m anim (female equivalent Laresová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Lares (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Lares	Laresové
genitive	Laresa	Laresů
dative	Laresovi	Laresům
accusative	Laresa	Laresy
vocative	Larese	Laresové
locative	Laresovi	Laresech
instrumental	Laresem	Laresy

Further reading

• “Lares”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

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

Usage notes

• The plural was archaically Lasēs.

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

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.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaɾes/ [ˈla.ɾes]
• Rhymes: -aɾes
• Syllabification: La‧res

Proper noun

Lares ?

1. A town in Puerto Rico

Related terms

• lareño