Lares

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See also: lares and läres

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)

  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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Latin[edit]

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Etymology 1[edit]

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

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Noun[edit]

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[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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Descendants[edit]
  • English: lares, Lares, Lars

Etymology 2[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Larēs ? pl (genitive Larium); third declension

  1. A city in Africa situated on the valley of the Bagrada, now Lorbeus
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.

Spanish[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Proper noun[edit]

Lares ?

  1. A town in Puerto Rico

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