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Lares

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See also: lares and läres

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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Lares pl (normally plural, singular Lar)

  1. (Roman mythology) The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
    Coordinate term: lemures
  2. (historical) The idols representing these deities.

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Anagrams

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Czech

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Lares m anim (female equivalent Laresová)

  1. a male surname

Declension

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Further reading

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  • Lares”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From older Lasēs, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (larθ, lord).

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Noun

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Larēs m pl (genitive Larum or Larium); third declension

  1. (Roman mythology) Lares, the classical Roman gods of a place, particularly homes; household deity
Usage notes
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  • The plural was archaically Lasēs.
Declension
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Third-declension noun (parisyllabic non-i-stem or i-stem), plural only.

plural
nominative Larēs
genitive Larum
Larium
dative Laribus
accusative Larēs
Larīs
ablative Laribus
vocative Larēs
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Descendants
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  • English: lares, Lares, Lars

Etymology 2

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Proper noun

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Larēs ? pl (genitive Larium); third declension

  1. A city in Africa situated on the valley of the Bagrada, now Lorbeus
Declension
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Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, plural only.

References

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  • 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.

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈlaɾes/ [ˈla.ɾes]
  • Rhymes: -aɾes
  • Syllabification: La‧res

Proper noun

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Lares ?

  1. A town in Puerto Rico
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