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Definition of Penates
1. n. pl. The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar.
Definition of Penates
1. Noun. (historical) The household gods, in ancient Rome, thought to watch over one's house and storeroom; by extension, one's definitive household goods. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Penates
1. the Roman gods of the household [n]
Medical Definition of Penates
1. The household gods of the ancient Romans. They presided over the home and the family hearth. See Lar. Origin: L. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Penates
Literary usage of Penates
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Closely associated with the penates were the Lares, another species of domestic
deity, ... But while each family had two penates it had but one Lar. ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: “a” Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature edited by Hugh Chisholm (1911)
"It was by the presence of the penates, and none but pure »ad chaste persons ...
Closely associated with the penates were the Lares ) another species of ..."
3. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"Di penates; Lares. — Also closely connected with family life were the Di penates,
the numerous divinities of the penus, or larder, though they were so dimly ..."
4. The Gentleman's Magazine (1853)
"Lares and penates ; or, Cilicia and its Governors : being a short historical ...
Probably but for the discovery of the Lares and penates we might not have ..."
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