penates
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin Penātēs, from penus (“inner part of house”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
- (Roman mythology) The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
- lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations.
- 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:
- (figuratively) Synonym of household deities in other contexts.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Noun
(deprecated template usage) penātēs
- nominative plural of penās
- accusative plural of penās
- vocative plural of penās
References
- “penates”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “penates”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “penates”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin