English

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.

Latin

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lemures m ‎(genitive lemurum); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Descendants

• English: lemur

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