penates

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /pəˈnɑːtiːz/    美 /pəˈnɑtiz/|/pəˈneɪtiz/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome. Roman,plural,plural-only
    — lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations.
  2. Synonym of household deities in other contexts. figuratively,plural,plural-only
    — ...and a china shepherd and shepherdess, clothed in "a green and yellow melancholy," were the penates of the mantel-piece.

词汇关系

衍生词
lares and penates

词源

From Latin penātēs, from penus (“inner part of house”).
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