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Lemuria

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Etymology 1

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From Latin Lemuria.

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Lemuria

  1. (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

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From lemur-ia.

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Lemuria

  1. (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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Etymology

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From lemurēs (ghosts of the departed).

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Lemūria n pl (variously declined, genitive Lemūriōrum or Lemūrium); second declension, third declension

  1. The festival of Lemurēs (spirits, ghosts)

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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

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  • 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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