penates

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See also: Penates and pénates

English

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Etymology

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From Latin Penātēs, from penus (inner part of house).

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /pɪˈnɑːtiːz/, /pɪˈneɪtiːz/

Noun

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penates pl (plural only)

  1. (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.
  2. (figuratively) Synonym of household deities in other contexts.

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Latin

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Etymology

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From penus (food provisions stored inside) +‎ -ās. Originally an adjective chiefly used in the phrase dī penātēs "gods of the home". Compare penetrālia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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penātēs m pl (genitive penātium); third declension

  1. Roman guardian deities of the household
  2. (metonymically) dwelling, home, hearth
  3. the cells of bees
    Synonym: favī
  4. a temple

Declension

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Third-declension noun (i-stem), plural only.

Case Plural
Nominative penātēs
Genitive penātium
Dative penātibus
Accusative penātēs
penātīs
Ablative penātibus
Vocative penātēs

Descendants

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  • English: penates
  • French: pénates
  • German: Penaten

References

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  • penates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • penates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • penates in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 2, Hahnsche Buchhandlung