Lares
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin Lares, plural form of lār, from Etruscan [Term?].
Noun
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.
Coordinate terms
Derived terms
Anagrams
- Searl, seral, reals, laser, Sarel, ALSer, 'rales, Earls, arles, rales, Laser, Arles, Arels, saler, earls, LASER, lears, arsle
Czech
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈlarɛs]
Proper noun
Lares m anim (female equivalent Laresová)
- a male surname
Declension
Declension of Lares (hard masculine animate)
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | Lares | Laresové |
genitive | Laresa | Laresů |
dative | Laresovi | Laresům |
accusative | Laresa | Laresy |
vocative | Larese | Laresové |
locative | Laresovi | Laresech |
instrumental | Laresem | Laresy |
Further reading
- “Lares”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫa.reːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.res]
Etymology 1
From older Lasēs, perhaps from Etruscan 𐌋𐌀𐌓 (lar), 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌔 (lars), or 𐌋𐌀𐌓𐌈 (larθ, “lord”).
Alternative forms
- larēs, Lasēs
Noun
Larēs m pl (genitive Larum or Larium); third declension
Usage notes
- The plural was archaically Lasēs.
Declension
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 |
Related terms
Descendants
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Larēs ? pl (genitive Larium); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem), with locative, plural only.
plural | |
---|---|
nominative | Larēs |
genitive | Larium |
dative | Laribus |
accusative | Larēs Larīs |
ablative | Laribus |
vocative | Larēs |
locative | Laribus |
References
- “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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlaɾes/ [ˈla.ɾes]
- Rhymes: -aɾes
- Syllabification: La‧res
Proper noun
Lares ?
- a town in Puerto Rico