penes
English
Pronunciation
Noun
penes
- (chiefly sciences) plural of penis
- 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
Derived terms
Verb
penes
- third-person singular simple present indicative of pene
Anagrams
Asturian
Noun
penes
Catalan
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
penes
- plural of pena (“penalty, punishment”)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
penes
- plural of pena (“peen (of a hammer)”)
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Noun
penes
- plural of pena (“large rock”)
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
Verb
penes
- second-person singular present indicative of penar
Ladin
Noun
penes
- plural of pena
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *penets, from Proto-Indo-European *pen-et-s (“food”), from *pen-. Compare penetrō, penitus, penus, Lithuanian penė́ti (“to feed”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɛ.nɛs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈpɛː.nes]
Preposition
penes (+ accusative)
- (of a person) under the command of; in the possession of
- at the disposal or custody of
- at, with, in the presence or power of, in the house of
Postposition
penes (+ accusative)
- (of a person) under the command of; in the possession of
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun
pēnēs m
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pēnis
References
- “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
Portuguese
Verb
penes
- second-person singular present subjunctive of penar
Spanish
Noun
penes m pl
- plural of pene
Verb
penes
- second-person singular present subjunctive of penar
Volapük
Noun
penes
- dative plural of pen