Lemuria

See also: Lemúria

English

Etymology

From Latin Lemuria

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ləˈmjuːɹi.ə/

Proper noun

Lemuria

  1. (mythology) A mythical lost country, continent, or island proposed to explain the existence of lemurs and their relatives on two continents.
  2. (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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Latin

Etymology

From lemures (“ghosts of the departed”).

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

  1. The festival of Lemurēs (spirits, ghosts)

Declension
Second declension.
Case Plural
Nominative Lemūria
Genitive Lemūriōrum
Dative Lemūriīs
Accusative Lemūria
Ablative Lemūriīs
Vocative Lemūria
 Third declension neuter “pure” i-stem.
Case Plural
Nominative Lemūria
Genitive Lemūrium
Dative Lemūribus
Accusative Lemūria
Ablative 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)

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