What does lar mean?
Lar means (Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself..
Lar
/lɑː/ · noun
Meaning
(Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself..
Definitions by Sense
- (Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
- A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).
- (historical) An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.
- (Manglish, Singlish) Alternative spelling of lah.
Example Sentences
Would the great emperor’s lar, free of its soldierly body rheumatic from German mists and browned and grizzled by the Indus sun, haunt that pinedark road to Elefsis to taste again the essences on which it fed and gather with voluptuous fingers the ghosts of roses?
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Word Forms
- lars
- lares
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Would the great emperor’s lar, free of its soldierly body rheumatic from German mists and browned and grizzled by the Indus sun, haunt that pinedark road to Elefsis to taste again the essences on which it fed and gather with voluptuous fingers the ghosts of roses?
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