Dictionary

lar en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /lɑɹ/ (US)
• /lɑː/ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin lār (“ancestral deity or spirit”) from Etruscan.

Meanings

1. (Roman, form-of, in-plural, singular) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
   form of lares
   • Would the great emperor’s lar, free of its soldierly body rheumatic from German mists and browned and grizzled by the Indus sun, haunt that pinedark road to Elefsis to taste again the essences on which it fed and gather with voluptuous fingers the ghosts of roses? 1974, Guy Davenport, Tatlin!:
2. A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).

Forms

lar en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From Latin [Term?].

Meanings

1. (historical) An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.

Forms

lar en · PART · etymology 3

Meanings

1. (Manglish, Singlish, alt-of, alternative) Alternative spelling of lah.
   alt of lah