penates

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɪˈnɑːtiːz/, /pɪˈneɪtiːz/

penates pl (plural only)

1. (Roman mythology) The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:

     lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations.

2. (figuratively) Synonym of household deities in other contexts.

• lares and penates

• nepetas, pesante, septane

penātēs

1. nominative plural of penās
2. accusative plural of penās
3. vocative plural of penās

• penates in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• penates in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• penates in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin