lares and penates

IPA（発音記号）

名詞

ラテン文字複数形複数形のみ比喩的用法

(Roman mythology) The household deities of ancient Rome, respectively overseeing the family and its house and storerooms.

日本語の意味

ラレスとペナーテス：古代ローマにおける家神で、ラレスは家族や家屋全体の守護神、ペナーテスは家の倉庫や蓄えを管理・守護する神とされる。

夜明けに家族はパンとワインを家庭の守護神（家族を見守る者と家屋や貯蔵庫を守る者）に捧げ、家と食料の安全を祈った。

意味（1）

(Roman mythology) The household deities of ancient Rome, respectively overseeing the family and its house and storerooms.

The particular gods of the household were its lares and penates.

意味（2）

(figuratively) One's prized possessions, considered as the protectors or symbols of one's household.

I am returned to my own Lares and Penates—to my dogs and cats.