Penates Definition

pə-nātēz, -nä-
noun
The household gods of the ancient Romans.
Webster's New World
(historical) The household gods, in ancient Rome, thought to watch over one's house and storeroom; by extension, one's definitive household goods.
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Origin of Penates

  • Latin Penātēs from penus foodstuff, interior of a house

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Latin PenātÄ“s, from penus (“inner part of house").

    From Wiktionary

Penates Sentence Examples

  • The identification of the three Capitoline deities with the Penates, and of these with the Cabeiri, tended to increase this feeling.

  • By common consent he was deified and all those who could afford the cost obtained his statue or bust; for a long time his statues held a place among the penates of the Romans.

  • The whole group was called indifferently Lares or Penates.

  • Roman antiquarians identified the Cabeiri with the three Capitoline deities or with the Penates.

  • Other places where the legends about fairies were passed down included Roman mythology with the modern-day "angels," or lares, genii and penates.

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