penes
English
Alternative forms
Noun
penes
- (chiefly sciences) plural of penis
- 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle, Penguin 2008, p. 97:
- The men wore loose loincloths that did little to conceal penes like pendulums on grandfather clocks.
- 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle, Penguin 2008, p. 97:
- plural of pene
Asturian
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Ladin
Latin
Etymology 1
From Proto-Italic *penets, from Proto-Indo-European *pen-et-s (“food”), from *pen-. Compare penus, penitus, penetrō, Lithuanian penė́ti (“to feed”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpe.nes/, [ˈpɛ.nɛs]
Preposition
penes (with accusative)
- Under one's government or command
- In one's disposal or custody
- At, with, about, concerning
Usage notes
penes may also be used as a postposition.
Related terms
Further reading
- 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, 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
- (ambiguous) to be in a person's power: penes aliquem esse
References
- 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, pages 458-459
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