Lares
English edit
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Etymology edit
From Latin Lares, plural form of lār, from Etruscan [Term?].
Noun edit
Lares pl (normally plural, singular Lar)
- (Roman mythology) The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
- Coordinate term: lemures
- (historical) The idols representing these deities.
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Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.reːs/, [ˈɫ̪äreːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.res/, [ˈläːres]
Etymology 1 edit
From older Lasēs, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (larθ, “lord”).
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
Larēs m pl (genitive Larum or Larium); third declension
Usage notes edit
- The plural was archaically Lasēs.
Declension edit
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 |
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Etymology 2 edit
Proper noun edit
Larēs ? pl (genitive Larium); third declension
Declension edit
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 edit
- “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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Proper noun edit
Lares ?
- A town in Puerto Rico