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pĕnus | pĕ-num, i | pĕnus, ŏris | pĕnu (noun M.f.n) : m. and f., also , , and , , n. (
* Gen. peneris, peniteris, only acc. to Gell. 4, 1, 2; a collat. form , Afran., acc. to Charis. p. 113 P.; cf. also Don. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 18) [from the root pa- of pasco; Gr. πατέομαι; v. penates].
* Store or provision of food provisions, victuals: est enim omne, quo vescuntur homines, penus,Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68; cf. other and different explanations in Gell. 4, 1, and tit.: De penu legatā,Dig. 33, 9: annuus,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 19: omne penus,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 91: ut sibi penum aliud ornet,id. Capt. 4, 4, 12: condus promus sum, procurator peni,id. Ps. 2, 2, 14: magna penus, Lucil. ap. Non. 219, 29: vinum penumque omnem,Pompon. ib. 30: in penum erile, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.: aliquem penore privare, Auct. ap. id. ib.: portet frumenta penusque,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 72: ne situ penora mucorem contrahant,Col. 12, 4, 4: cum ea res innoxia penora conservet,id. ib. fin.: avium cujusque generis multiplex penus,Suet. Ner. 11: in locuplete penu,Pers. 3, 73.
* The innermost part of a temple of Vesta, the sanctuary: penus vocatur locus intimus in aede Vestae,Fest. p. 250 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 12: in penum Vestae, quod, etc., irrupit,Lampr. Elag. 6.
* Gen. peneris, peniteris, only acc. to Gell. 4, 1, 2; a collat. form , Afran., acc. to Charis. p. 113 P.; cf. also Don. Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 18) [from the root pa- of pasco; Gr. πατέομαι; v. penates].
* Store or provision of food provisions, victuals: est enim omne, quo vescuntur homines, penus,Cic. N. D. 2, 27, 68; cf. other and different explanations in Gell. 4, 1, and tit.: De penu legatā,Dig. 33, 9: annuus,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 45; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 19: omne penus,Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 91: ut sibi penum aliud ornet,id. Capt. 4, 4, 12: condus promus sum, procurator peni,id. Ps. 2, 2, 14: magna penus, Lucil. ap. Non. 219, 29: vinum penumque omnem,Pompon. ib. 30: in penum erile, Afran. ap. Prisc. p. 659 P.: aliquem penore privare, Auct. ap. id. ib.: portet frumenta penusque,Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 72: ne situ penora mucorem contrahant,Col. 12, 4, 4: cum ea res innoxia penora conservet,id. ib. fin.: avium cujusque generis multiplex penus,Suet. Ner. 11: in locuplete penu,Pers. 3, 73.
* The innermost part of a temple of Vesta, the sanctuary: penus vocatur locus intimus in aede Vestae,Fest. p. 250 Müll.; cf. Serv. Verg. A. 3, 12: in penum Vestae, quod, etc., irrupit,Lampr. Elag. 6.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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