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|lshtext=<b>pĕnus</b>: ūs and i, m. and f., also pĕ-num, i, and pĕnus, ŏris, n. (<br /><b>I</b> 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. 2, 3, 18) from the [[root]] pa- of [[pasco]]; Gr. [[πατέομαι]]; v. penates].<br /><b>I</b> 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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.
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