lares
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Definition of lares
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
- (Roman, plural, plural-normally)The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
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noun
- (Roman, plural, plural-normally)The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
- (historical, plural, plural-normally)The idols representing these deities.
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(alt-of, plural, plural-normally)Alternative letter-case form of Lares.
“The season now invites me to retire To the dear lares of my household fire To homely scenes of calm domestic peace, A poet's leisure, and an old man's ease...”
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Etymology
From Latin Lares, plural form of lār, from Etruscan [Term?].
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