Lar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /lɑː/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Lar is a noun meaning (Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
Meaning
(Roman mythology, chiefly in the plural) singular of lares: a household god, particularly overseeing the family itself.
More Meanings
- A lar gibbon (Hylobates lar).
- (Manglish, Singlish) Alternative spelling of lah.
- (historical) An Etruscan title, properly peculiar to the eldest son, but often mistaken for an integral part of the name.
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?
Word Forms
- lars
- lares
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gibbon, octreotide, oto, larry, langur, wow-wow.
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