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Webster 1913 Edition
Lemuria
Le-mu′ri-a
(lē̍-mū′rĭ-ȧ)
, Noun.
[So named from the supposition that it was the original home of the
lemurs
.] A hypothetical land, or continent, supposed by some to have existed formerly in the Indian Ocean, of which Madagascar is a remnant.
Herschel.
Definition 2024
Lemuria
Lemuria
See also: Lemúria
English
Proper noun
Lemuria
- Mythical lost country, continent, or island proposed to explain the existence of lemurs and their relatives on two continents.
- A religious feast of Ancient Rome during which rites were performed to exorcise the malevolent ghosts of the dead from their homes.
Derived terms
Translations
hypothetical island in the Indian Ocean
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Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /leˈmuː.ri.a/, [ɫɛˈmuː.ri.a]
Proper noun
Lemūria n pl (variously declined, genitive Lemūriōrum or Lemūrium); second declension, third declension
Declension
Second declension.
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Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
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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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Lĕmūrĭa”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette, page 898/3.
- “Lemūria” on page 1,015/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)