| 单词 | house god |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse god house god n. a household god; (in early use spec. in plural) the Roman gods believed to protect or watch over a household, the lares and penates. [In early use translating classical Latin lār lar n. and (in plural) penātēs (see penates n.); compare Dutch huisgod (1588 as †huysgod), German Hausgott (1561), both rendering the Latin noun.] ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > household god(s) penatesa1522 house god1540 household god1564 lar1586 lares and penates1616 1540 J. Palsgrave tr. G. Gnapheus Comedye of Acolastus v. iv. sig. Ziv Come of, come of, what if I seeke my fathers house goddes [L. lares], (that haue his house in tuition) after boundes wise. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 54 These Nomades..wander with their House-gods, day and night. 1742 C. Owen Ess. Nat. Hist. Serpents iii. iv. 204 The Roman satirist..calls these Images his dear little House-Gods; and then observes, that they were crown'd with Garlands of Flowers in Summer. 1839 P. J. Bailey Festus 34 Sate Like a house-god, her hands fixed on her knee. 1995 C. B. Divakaruni Arranged Marriage (1997) 209 The heavy teak panel carved with fierce-looking house gods. < as lemmas |
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