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Lares¹

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From Latin Lares, plural form of lār, from Etruscan [Term?].

noun Lar · lares · Lars · Lares

  1. Roman, plural, plural normally The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
  2. historical, plural, plural normally The idols representing these deities.

lares²

Where it comes from

From the Latin plural lares, from lar, q.v.

noun lar

  1. plural, plural normally Alternative letter-case form of Lares 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...

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@misc{lares_2026,
  title = {lares},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lares},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}