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.

Derived terms

• Lemurian

Translations

hypothetical island in the Indian Ocean

• Portuguese: Lemúria f
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Anagrams

• Rumelia

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Latin

Etymology

From lemures (“ghosts of the departed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /leˈmuː.ri.a/, [ɫ̪ɛˈmuːriä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /leˈmu.ri.a/, [leˈmuːriä]

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 noun (neuter) or third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem), plural only.

Case	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 on Wikipedia.Wikipedia