different between penates vs xenates

English

Etymology

From Latin Pen?t?s, from penus (“inner part of house”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p??n??ti?z/, /p??ne?ti?z/

Noun

penates pl (plural only)

1. (Roman mythology) The household deities thought to watch over the houses and storerooms of ancient Rome.
   • 1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, I.3:

     lest the name thereof being discovered unto their enemies, their Penates and Patronal Gods might be called forth by charms and incantations.

2. (figuratively) Synonym of household deities in other contexts.

Derived terms

• lares and penates

Anagrams

• nepetas, pesante, septane

Latin

Noun

pen?t?s

1. nominative plural of pen?s
2. accusative plural of pen?s
3. vocative plural of pen?s

References

• penates in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• penates in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
• penates in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Noun

xenates

1. plural of xenate