penates
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /pɪˈnɑːtiːz/, /pɪˈneɪtiːz/
Noun
penates pl (plural only)
- (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
Latin
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 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
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