Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Lares en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

(Roman, plural, plural-normally) The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
(historical, plural, plural-normally) The idols representing these deities.

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
Lar	Number=Sing		lexicographic
Lars		alternative	lexicographic
Lares		alternative	lexicographic
lares		alternative	lexicographic

Coordinates

lemures · penates

Deriveds

lares and penates

Translations (1)

fi laarit (deities in Roman mythology)