laquear (quas kw)

[Lat.] Arch .: A ceiling consisting of sunk or hollowed compartments, having bands or spaces between. [LACUNAR.] Lar (1), Lars, *Larth, s. [Etruscan=lord, king, hero; Gr. Laras , Laros .] 1. Literally : (1) An Etruscan prænomen borne by Porsena, Tolumnius, and other chieftains. From the Etruscans the title pa ed over to the Romans. Lar Her mini us was Consul B. C. 448. (2) A leader, a prince, a commander. IMG:content-0366.png:[blocks in formation] That lay at wine with Lar and Lucumo." Tennyson: Prince , ii. 118. 2. Fig .: The Supreme Being. "You have separated yourselves from the heathen by casting all your household gods to the ground, instead of recognizing, in the places of their many and feeble Lares, the presence of your One and Mighty Lord and Lar."-Ruskin: Crown of Wild Olive (1866). p. 101. sin, as; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f Lar Lar (2) ( pl . Lär'-ēş, more rarely Lars), s . [LAR (1).] Compar . Religions : A tutelary divinity, usually a deified ancestor or hero. The worship of Lares is a species of Manes Worship (q.v.), and was very prevalent among the Romans. They were of two kinds: (1) Domestic, and (2) Public. Of the former the Lar familiar is , regarded as the founder of the family, and inseparable therefrom, was the most important, and corresponded to the eponymic hero of the Greeks. The latter were divided into Præs tites (Ovid: Fast . , v. 128-35), guardians of a whole city: Comp i tales ( ib . 140) watching over a certain portion of a city; Rurales (Tibullus: Carm ., i. 20), gods of the country; Viales (Plautus: Merc ., v. 2, 24), protecting travelers; and Marini or Per mar in i (Liv., xl. 52), gods of the ocean. [PENATES.] "The statues of the household Lars were set at the fire place, arrayed in dog-skins, with a figure of a dog beside them. Garlands were hung on them, and offerings of food, wine, and incense made to them once every month on either the Kalends, Nones, or Ides."- Keightley : Myth. of Greece and Italy , p. 486. IMG:content-0367.png:[blocks in formation] B. As adj .: Pertaining to or situated on the left side of a ve el; port.