penes

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See also: penés and peñes

English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

penes

  1. (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.
  2. plural of pene

Derived terms[edit]

Verb[edit]

penes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pene

Anagrams[edit]

Asturian[edit]

Noun[edit]

penes

  1. plural of pena
  2. plural of pene

Catalan[edit]

Noun[edit]

penes

  1. plural of pena

Verb[edit]

penes

  1. second-person singular present indicative form of penar

Ladin[edit]

Noun[edit]

penes

  1. plural of pena

Latin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Italic *penets, from Proto-Indo-European *pen-et-s (“food”), from *pen-. Compare penetrō, penitus, penus, Lithuanian penė́ti (“to feed”).[1]

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Preposition[edit]

penes (with accusative)

  1. Under one's government or command
  2. In one's disposal or custody
  3. At, with, about, concerning
Usage notes[edit]

penes may also be used as a postposition.

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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

pēnēs m

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pēnis

References[edit]

  • “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
  1. ^ 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[edit]

Verb[edit]

penes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

Spanish[edit]

Noun[edit]

penes m pl

  1. plural of pene

Verb[edit]

penes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

Volapük[edit]

Noun[edit]

penes

  1. dative plural of pen
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