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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PENATES

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PRONUNCIATION OF PENATES

penates  [pəˈnɑːtiːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PENATES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Penates is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PENATES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Di Penates

In ancient Roman religion, the Di Penates or Penates /pɨˈneɪtiːz/ were among the dii familiares, or household deities, invoked most often in domestic rituals. When the family had a meal, they threw a bit into the fire on the hearth for the Penates. They were thus associated with Vesta, the Lares, and the Genius of the paterfamilias in the "little universe" of the domus. Like other domestic deities, the Penates had a public counterpart.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PENATES


agonothetes
əˌɡəʊnəˈθiːtiːz
Cervantes
səˈvæntiːz
cutes
ˈkjuːtiːz
expertise
ˌɛkspɜːˈtiːz
fortes
ˈfɔːtiːz
Jaxartes
dʒækˈsɑːtiːz
Laertes
leɪˈɜːtiːz
limites
ˈlɪmɪˌtiːz
Maltese
mɔːlˈtiːz
mycetes
maɪˈsiːtiːz
Philoctetes
ˌfɪlɒkˈtiːtiːz
Pilates
pɪˈlɑːtiːz
saccharomycetes
ˌsækərəʊˌmaɪˈsiːtiːz
striptease
ˈstrɪpˌtiːz
Sudetes
suːˈdiːtiːz
Surtees
ˈsɜːtiːz
tagetes
tæˈdʒiːtiːz
tease
tiːz
Tees
tiːz
testes
ˈtɛstiːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PENATES

penalize
penally
penalties
penalty
penalty area
penalty box
penalty clause
penalty corner
penalty goal
penalty kick
penalty killer
penalty point
penalty rates
penalty shoot-out
penalty shot
penalty spot
penance
Penang
penannular
pence

WORDS THAT END LIKE PENATES

annates
Bates
Cartesian coordinates
chromaticity coordinates
coordinates
cylindrical coordinates
dates
Gates
lares and penates
nates
polar coordinates
rates
rectangular coordinates
separates
spherical coordinates
States
the Gulf States
the states
United Arab Emirates
United States

Synonyms and antonyms of penates in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «penates» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PENATES

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The translations of penates from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «penates» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

忒斯
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

penates
570 millions of speakers

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penates
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कुलदेवता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

آلهة البيت عند الرومان
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пенаты
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

penates
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penates
260 millions of speakers

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pénates
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Penat
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Penaten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ペナーテース
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

penates
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Penatus
85 millions of speakers
vi

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penates
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

penates
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Penates
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ev ve aile mabutları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Penati
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Penates
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пенати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

penates
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

penates
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

penates
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

penates
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

penates
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of penates

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PENATES»

The term «penates» is regularly used and occupies the 83.415 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PENATES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about penates

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PENATES»

Discover the use of penates in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to penates and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Gods, Goddesses, and Mythology
PENATES The Penates were among the most important household gods of the ancient Romans, along with Vesta, the Lares, and the genii. Romans recognized two types of Penates, domestic and public. They distinguished between the ...
C. Scott Littleton, 2005
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Lares and Penates: Or Cilicia and Its Governors Being a ...
PENATES or noun. ' 149 Authors are not agreed about the origin of the Dii Penates, which are generally admitted to have come originally from Asia, and were known as the tutelary gods of the Trojans. Dionysius Halicarnassus tells us that ...
William Burckhardt Barker, William Francis Ainsworth, 1853
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Roman and European Mythologies
The Penates gods were also closely associated with Vesta, the goddess of the hearth (Cicero Nat. D. 2.68; Servius Danielis on Aen. 2.296), and with the Lars Familiaris. In the Mercator (834) of Plautus, when Charinus goes into exile, he bids ...
‎1992
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Religions of the Ancient World: A Guide
L.B.V.D.M. Rome Home is at all times a powerful notion in the psychology and ritual of human beings, and household rituals, therefore, form part of any religion. The two principal classes of Roman household gods are Lares and Penates.
Sarah Iles Johnston, 2004
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Handbook to Life in Ancient Rome
The dipenates (penates) were regarded as protectors of the household, along with the lares. They were the spirits of the pantry, and their images were to be found in the atrium of houses. A portion of every family meal was set aside and thrown ...
Lesley Adkins, Roy A. Adkins, 1998
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The Primacy of Vision in Virgil's Aeneid
(M. 3.217–224)] From their opening line, the Penates show their awareness of the epic past, as the allusion to Ennius' est locus Hesperiam quam mortales perhibebant shows.6 As Troy's ''cupboard deities,'' they represent the oldest aspect of ...
Riggs Alden Smith, 2013
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Rituals and Ceremonies in Popular Culture
The position of the Penates in the Roman home is not disputed. Their function clearly related to the penus, a place usually located at the back of the atrium ( open roofed central court) of the home.27 Although they were also present at the  ...
Ray Broadus Browne, 1980
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The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, ...
The same author adds, that in Rome there is still seen a dark temple, shaded by the adjacent buildings, wherein are the images of the Trojan gods: Wlth the inscription, DENAS, which signifies penates. These were the public penates of the city ...
Abraham Rees, 1819
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Mythology For Dummies
Spirits in the closet — Di Penates The Di Penates (Gods of the Indoors) also were numena; they were the gods of the storage cupboards within the home. Romans worshipped them at home along with Vesta and the Lar Familiaris (see the ...
Christopher W. Blackwell, Amy Hackney Blackwell, 2011
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The Roman Wedding: Ritual and Meaning in Antiquity
HOUSEHOLD GODS: LARES, PENATES, AND GENIUS We saw in Chapter 3 that on the way to her new home, a Roman bride propitiated the Lares of the crossroads and those of her husband's home by giving them a coin, according to  ...
Karen K. Hersch, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PENATES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term penates is used in the context of the following news items.
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Moody's upgrades three notes in two Belgian RMBS transactions
Today's rating action on Penates-4 is prompted by the conclusion of ... B in Diamond 2006 and Class B in Penates-IV were constrained at the ... «Moodys.com, Jun 15»
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astrologer bejan daruwalla s weekly predictions 22nd june to 28th …
It's the lares and penates (Latin for household gods and Ganesha, of course) for you this period. Capricorn: Work may well become the centre ... «Sahara Samay, Jun 15»
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A new chapter: Annapolis Bookstore seeks sponsors to help it stay …
To lost a bookstore in Annapolis seems to me to be a criminal act! lares-penates. at 4:12 AM May 12, 2015. Add a comment See all comments. «CapitalGazette.com, May 15»
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Quantum of solace
I send up thanks to Lares and Penates for the abundance of space in my very carefully-planned kitchen. Everything is transferred to oven-proof ... «The Hindu, Jan 15»
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Turkish: past, present and future
... Professor of the Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Hindustani languages at Eton College, author of 'Lares and Penates,' 'Turkish Tales in English,' ... «Today's Zaman, Jan 15»
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The Spectator at war: An Englishman's home
... on the dressing-table, or looks at the soap and the writing- paper, she finds a moment to pay her respects to tares and penates out of date. «Spectator.co.uk, Dec 14»
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Madama Butterfly (Southend – tour)
This Butterfly is indeed a still-naïve teenager, so that her ancestral lares et penates appear truly to be the dolls of her childhood – one ... «WhatsOnStage.com, Nov 14»
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"Trial of MUSE" by Joyelle McSweeney
The germs they smuggle in their penates and pinions. The germs they share for a puddle of crumb-ions. Good pigeons, grey matter, rats with ... «Hyperallergic, Oct 14»
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Popular Mt. Major hiking trails now permanently protected
... Duke Charitable Foundation; the Bafflin Foundation, S.L. Gimbel Foundation; Penates Foundation; three anonymous family foundations; the ... «WMUR Manchester, Oct 14»
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The makings of the battle of Coronel and the Falklands Part 12 by …
Five German cruisers against us. What's the betting on the field? Pray to your Penates (sic) that we may prevent them concentrating'. But it was ... «Penguin News, Oct 14»

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