penes

See also: penés and peñes

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpiːniːz/, [ˈpʰiːniːz]
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpiniz/, [ˈpʰiniz]

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

penes

1. (chiefly sciences) plural of penis

   Synonym: penises

   • 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.

2. plural of pene

Derived terms

• hemipenes

 

Verb

penes

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pene

Anagrams

• Speen, neeps, peens, pesen

Asturian

Noun

penes

1. plural of pena
2. plural of pene

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛ.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpe.nes]

Noun

penes

1. plural of pena (“penalty, punishment”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpe.nes]

Noun

penes

1. plural of pena (“peen (of a hammer)”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈpɛ.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈpə.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpe.nes]

Noun

penes

1. plural of pena (“large rock”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpɛ.nəs]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈpe.nes]

Verb

penes

1. second-person singular present indicative of penar

Ladin

Noun

penes

1. 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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.nes/, [ˈpɛnɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpe.nes/, [ˈpɛːnes]

Preposition

penes (with accusative)

1. Under one's government or command
2. In one's disposal or custody
3. At, with, about, concerning

Usage notes

penes may also be used as a postposition.

Synonyms

• praesto

Derived terms

• penetrō
• penitus

Related terms

• penus

Etymology 2

Noun

pēnēs m

1. 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
    

Portuguese

Verb

penes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

Spanish

Noun

penes m pl

1. plural of pene

Verb

penes

1. second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

Volapük

Noun

penes

1. dative plural of pen