English

Noun

Lares

1. The classical Roman gods of a place, particularly homes; household deity

Related terms

• lar

See also

• penates

Latin

Alternative forms

• larēs
• Lasēs

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈla.reːs/, [ˈɫa.reːs]

Noun

Larēs m ‎(genitive Larum or Larium); third declension

1. (Roman mythology) Lares, the classical Roman gods of a place, particularly homes; household deity

Usage notes

• The plural was archaically Lasēs.

Declension

Third declension.

or Third declension i-stem.

Related terms

• lār
• larva

Descendants

• English: lares, Lares, Lars

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Lares”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Alternative forms

• lars

Noun

lares

1. plural of lar
   • 1773, Anna Laetitia Barbauld, Ovid to his Wife:

     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;

Anagrams

• earls
• laser
• rales
• reals

Latin

Noun

lares

1. nominative plural of lar

Derived terms

• Lares

References

• lares in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• lares in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• lares in William Smith., editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• lares in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
• lares in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Portuguese

Noun

lares m

1. plural of lar