Lar

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A species of gibbon (Hylobates lar), found in Burmah. Called also white-handed gibbon.

II. Lar ·noun 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, ·Eng.: Hearth or dwelling house.

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Lar
Lār or Lars, Lartis, m., a praenomen of Etruscan origin (in Etruscan, usu: the prefix of the firs...

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.
Lar
Lār Laris, m plur.Larēs, um, rarely ium (L.) I LAS-. I I. Plur, the gods of places, protecting de...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary
Lar Fluvius
LAR FLUVIUS[CANIS FLUMEN] ...

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
Fibu-lar
·adj Pertaining to the fibula. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language