lares

See also: Lares and läres

English

Etymology

From the Latin plural lares, from lar, q.v.

Noun

lares

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Lares
    • 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


Latin

Noun

lares

  1. nominative plural of lar

Derived terms

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

Spanish

Noun

lares m pl

  1. plural of lar
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