Lares

Etymology
From, plural form of , from.

Noun

 * 1)  The household deities watching over one's family and tutelary deities watching over some public places.
 * 2)  The idols representing these deities.
 * 1)  The idols representing these deities.

Etymology 1
From older, perhaps from , , or.

Usage notes

 * The plural was archaically.

Proper noun

 * 1)  situated on the valley of the Bagrada, now Lorbeus