Lemuria
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See also: Lemúria
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Etymology 1
Proper noun
Lemuria
- (historical) A religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.
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Etymology 2
Proper noun
Lemuria
- (mythology) A mythical lost country, continent, or island proposed to explain the existence of lemurs and their relatives on two continents.
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Latin
Etymology
From lemurēs (“ghosts of the departed”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /leˈmuː.ri.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /leˈmu.ri.a/,
Proper noun
Lemūria n pl (variously declined, genitive Lemūriōrum or Lemūrium); second declension, third declension
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter) or third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.
| plural | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Lemūria |
| genitive | Lemūriōrum Lemūrium |
| dative | Lemūriīs Lemūribus |
| accusative | Lemūria |
| ablative | Lemūriīs Lemūribus |
| vocative | Lemūria |
References
- “Lĕmūrĭa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Lemuria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Lĕmūrĭa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 898/3.
- “Lemūria” on page 1,015/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Further reading
lemuria (festival) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
