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Webster 1913 Edition

Lar

Lar

(lär)
,
Noun.
;
pl.
Lares
(#)
, sometimes
Lars
(#)
.
[L.]
(Rom. Myth.)
A tutelary deity; a deceased ancestor regarded as a protector of the family. The domestic Lares were the tutelar deities of a house; household gods.
Hence,
(Fig.)
:
Hearth or dwelling house.
Nor will she her dear
Lar
forget,
Victorious by his benefit.
Lovelace.
The
Lars
and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.
Milton.
Looking backward in vain toward their
Lares
and lands.
Longfellow.

Lar

(lär)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
A species of gibbon (
Hylobates lar
), found in Burmah. Called also
white-handed gibbon
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lar

L'AR

,
Noun.
plu.
lares. [L.] A household deity.

Definition 2024

lár

lár

See also: lar, lär, làr, lår, lár-, -lar, LAr, and LAR

Icelandic

Noun

lár

  1. indefinite genitive singular of lá
  2. indefinite nominative plural of lá
  3. indefinite accusative plural of lá

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish lár.

Noun

lár m ‎(genitive singular láir, nominative plural láir)

  1. ground, floor
  2. middle, center

Declension

Derived terms

References

  • "lár" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “lár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Noun

lár n

  1. surface, ground, floor
  2. middle, interior

Inflection

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Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “lár” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

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