penus

pĕnus, ūs and i, m. and f., also pĕ-num, i, and pĕnus, ŏris, n. (gen. peneris, peniteris, only acc. to Gell. 4, 1, 2; a collat. form pĕnu, Afran., acc. to Charis. p. 113 P.; cf. also Don. Ter. Eun. 309) [from the root pa- of pasco; Gr. πατέομαι; v. penates].

• I 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 (176); Ter. Eun. 310: omne penus, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 91 (222): ut sibi penum aliud ornet, id. Capt. 4, 4, 12 (920): condus promus sum, procurator peni, id. Ps. 2, 2, 14 (607): 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.—
• II 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.

penus, ūs u. ī, c. u. penum, ī, n. u. penus, oris, n. (wohl zu πένομαι, πόνος, das Erarbeitete), I) der Vorrat an Speisen u. Lebensmitteln, der Mundvorrat usw., penus, Cic.: omnem penum, Ter.: penos annuos, Plaut.: penu certā, ICt.: penori, ICt.: penui, ICt.: tradita peno, ICt.: penus aliud, Plaut.: penus (Genet.), Lucr. u. Vitr.: peni (Genet.), Plaut.: penus (Akk.), Hor.: penora, Colum. – II) (penum), das Heiligtum, Lampr. Heliog. 6, 7.

1 penus v. penis

2 penus, ~um [CL], ~u 1 food, provisions, stores. b storeroom, cellar. c (transf. & fig.). cellarius ‥ qui ‥ clamitaret non posse ~um tot expensis sufficere W. Malm. GR III 293; quando ministro pĕnum, diadema parum probo Pēnum Serlo Wilt. II 90.  b Diogenes, cui pera ~u, cui dolia sedes Gosc. Lib. Confort. 74; mancipiisque domus locuples sit et unguine promus, / glande nemus plenum farre meroque penum R. Cant. Malch. Ep. pref. 20; de castro tuceta ferunt pinguemque ferinam, / panem de nostro dant sibi, Petre, †pena [l. penu] L. Durh. Dial. II 488; quorum cura penum solet evacuare bibendo, / et bona marsupiis publica tecta latent J. Sal. Enth. Phil. 1591 ; 11‥ ~u, celier ‥ poenum, celier (Cambridge, Trinity Coll. MS R. 9. 17) Teaching Latin I 26; ecce penum subeunt [sc. mures] ‥ / ‥ / blanda penu clauso parcit fortuna timori Walt. Angl. Fab. XII 7, 15; hoc ~um, celer Gl. AN Glasg. f. 20rc; loco inferioris sedis fecit ~um cum pantaria Hist. Durh. 11; hoc ~u, indeclinabile, A. a seler WW; hoc ~us, hoc dispensorium, a spenyse WW; dum in ede paterna lusitans aliquando versaretur sola ‥ illa fortuitu ad hostium cellarii sive subterranei cujusdam ~u devenit Mir. Hen. VI II 55.  c felix lingua, que de abundanti ~u conscientie tam secura verba ‥ auderet effundere W. Malm. GP IV 148; ipsius et reliquas in partes ire potenter, / ipsarum penum vir penetrare potes L. Durh. Dial. IV 32; ut suo tempore proferat natura de largo ~u copiosam fetui nutriendo ubertatem Ric. Med. Anat. 228; tu virtutis es exemplum, / Dei penus, Dei templum / et gazofilacium Walt. Wimb. Virgo 125; novenus celicum conventus ordinis / panem de penore mendicat virginis Id. Carm. 124. 2 (in gl.) cutting edge. nomina pertinencia ad pistrinum: ‥ Hec sindula, A.blade, hoc manubrium, A. hefte, hoc ~um, A. egge WW.

pĕnŭs, (13) ī et ūs, m. f. et pĕnŭs, ŏris ou pĕnum, ī, n. , ¶ 1 provisions de bouche, comestibles : Pl. Ps. 178 (m. ); 228 (n. ) ; Lucil. d. Non. 219, 29 (f.); Virg. En. 1, 703 (f.) ; Dig. 33, 9 (f.) ; Cic. Nat. 2, 68 (n.) || garde-manger : Pers. 3, 73 ¶ 2 sanctuaire du temple de Vesta : Fest. 250 ; P. Fest. 251.

➳ gén. arch. pĕnĕris et pĕnĭtĕris, cf. Gell. 4, 1, 2 || le nom. usuel est penus et les autres cas participent aux diverses déclinaisons.

penus —, m f., or n

• PA-, a store of food, provision, victuals: in cellulam penum omnem congerebam, T.: est omne, quo vescuntur homines, penus: portet frumenta penusque, H.: longam penum struere, V.