lar
lar — 名詞
1. In ancient Roman culture, a spirit that kept watch over a single home. The famil
家神
古羅馬的家庭守護神
In ancient Roman culture, a spirit that kept watch over a single home. The family worshipped their lar alongside the hearth-goddess Vesta and the storeroom guardians known as the Penates.
Gaius placed a clay statue of his family's lar on the hearth each evening.
Gaius 每天晚上都把他家家神的小陶像放在爐邊。
possessive: family's lar
On her wedding day, Octavia received the family's lar figure from her mother.
結婚當天，Octavia 從母親那裡接過了家族的家神像。
collocation: lar figure
Each morning the household offered a little wine at the shrine of their lar.
每天早上，這家人都在家神的神龕前獻上一點酒。
A young Roman put a small lar statue inside his first home to guard it.
年輕的羅馬人在自己的第一棟房子裡放了一尊小小的家神像來保護這個家。
- penates
The Penates watched over the food stores specifically, whereas the Lar protected the whole family and home.
- household god
A general English term for any domestic deity; 'lar' is the specific Roman name.
- tutelary spirit
A broader term for any guardian spirit in various cultures; 'lar' is restricted to ancient Rome.
文法句型
the + lar
family's lar
household lar
用法筆記
Usually appears with a possessive or definite article (the family's lar, their lar) because each household had its own tutelary spirit. The plural form is lares.