penes

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See also: penés and peñes

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈpiːniːz/,
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈpiniz/,
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Noun

penes

  1. (chiefly sciences) plural of penis
    Synonym: penises
    • 1963, Kurt Vonnegut, Cat's Cradle, Penguin, published 2008, page 97:
      The men wore loose loincloths that did little to conceal penes like pendulums on grandfather clocks.
  2. plural of pene

Derived terms

Verb

penes

  1. third-person singular simple present indicative of pene

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

penes

  1. plural of pena
  2. plural of pene

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

penes

  1. plural of pena (“penalty, punishment”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

penes

  1. plural of pena (“peen (of a hammer)”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Noun

penes

  1. plural of pena (“large rock”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

Verb

penes

  1. second-person singular present indicative of penar

Ladin

Noun

penes

  1. plural of pena

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *penets, from Proto-Indo-European *pen-et-s (“food”), from *pen-. Compare penetrō, penitus, penus, Lithuanian penė́ti (“to feed”).

Pronunciation

Preposition

penes (with accusative)

  1. Under one's government or command
  2. In one's disposal or custody
  3. At, with, about, concerning
Usage notes

penes may also be used as a postposition.

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Etymology 2

Noun

pēnēs m

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of pēnis

References

  • “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
  1. ^ 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, →ISBN, pages 458-459

Portuguese

Verb

penes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

Spanish

Noun

penes m pl

  1. plural of pene

Verb

penes

  1. second-person singular present subjunctive of penar

Volapük

Noun

penes

  1. dative plural of pen
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