penes
English
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editpenes
- (chiefly sciences) plural of penis
- Synonym: penises
- 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle, Penguin, published 2008, page 97:
- The men wore loose loincloths that did little to conceal penes like pendulums on grandfather clocks.
- plural of pene
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- third-person singular simple present indicative of pene
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Latin
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Italic *penets, from Proto-Indo-European *pen-et-s (“food”), from *pen-. Compare penetrō, penitus, penus, Lithuanian penė́ti (“to feed”).[1]
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈpe.nes/, [ˈpɛnɛs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.nes/, [ˈpɛːnes]
Preposition
editpenes (with accusative)
- Under one's government or command
- In one's disposal or custody
- At, with, about, concerning
Usage notes
editpenes may also be used as a postposition.
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editNoun
editpēnēs m
References
edit- “penes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “penes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- penes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- (ambiguous) to be in a person's power: penes aliquem esse
- (ambiguous) the decision of the question rests with you: penes te arbitrium huius rei est
- (ambiguous) to be in a person's power: penes aliquem esse
- ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “penus”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 458-459
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