penates
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin Penātēs, from penus (“inner part of house”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
penates pl (plural only)
- (Roman mythology) The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
- lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations.
- (figuratively) Synonym of household deities in other contexts.
- 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XII, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 101:
- ...and a china shepherd and shepherdess, clothed in "a green and yellow melancholy," were the penates of the mantel-piece.
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From penus (“food provisions stored inside”) + -ās. Originally an adjective chiefly used in the phrase dī penātēs "gods of the home". Compare penetrālia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /peˈnaː.teːs/, [pɛˈnäːt̪eːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /peˈna.tes/, [peˈnäːt̪es]
Noun edit
penātēs m pl (genitive penātium); third declension
- Roman guardian deities of the household
- (metonymically) dwelling, home, hearth
- the cells of bees
- Synonym: favī
- a temple
Declension edit
Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.
| Case | Plural |
|---|---|
| Nominative | penātēs |
| Genitive | penātium |
| Dative | penātibus |
| Accusative | penātēs penātīs |
| Ablative | penātibus |
| Vocative | penātēs |
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References edit
- penates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “penates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- penates in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung