lemures

See also: lémures and lêmures

English

Etymology

From Latin lemurēs. See lemur.

Noun

lemures pl (plural only)

  1. The spirits or ghosts of the dead.
    • (Can we date this quote?) John Milton
      The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lemures in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈle.mu.reːs/, [ˈɫɛ.mʊ.reːs]

Noun

lemurēs m (genitive lemurum); third declension

  1. shades, ghosts of the departed
  2. ghosts, spectres

Declension

Third declension.

Case Plural
nominative lemurēs
genitive lemurum
dative lemuribus
accusative lemurēs
ablative lemuribus
vocative lemurēs

Descendants

References

  • lemures in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lemures in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lemures in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • lemures in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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