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English
Etymology
From the Latin plural lares, from lar, q.v.
Noun
lares pl (normally plural, singular lar)
- 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
- Searl, seral, reals, laser, Sarel, ALSer, 'rales, Earls, arles, rales, Laser, Arles, Arels, saler, earls, LASER, lears, arsle
Latin
Noun
larēs
- nominative plural of lār
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 and Roman 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
- plural of lar
Spanish
Noun
lares m pl
- plural of lar
- place (used only in fixed phrases)
• Desconozco estos lares (I don't recognize this place.