"lemures" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈlɛmjəriːz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lemures.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Latin lemurēs. See lemur. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|lemurēs}} Latin lemurēs, {{m|en|lemur}} lemur Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} lemures pl (plural only)
  1. (Roman mythology) The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant. Tags: Roman, plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Horror, Mythological creatures, Roman mythology Related terms: lemur, Lemuria

Noun [Latin]

IPA: /ˈle.mu.reːs/ [Classical], [ˈɫ̪ɛmʊreːs̠] [Classical], /ˈle.mu.res/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈlɛːmures] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: According to de Vaan, from a substrate source along with Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía), possibly Etruscan or Anatolian. The two words may have existed as a late Proto-Indo-European stem *lem- (“ghost, nocturnal spirit”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|qfa-sub|-}} substrate, {{cog|grc|Λαμία}} Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía), {{der|la|ett|-}} Etruscan, {{der|la|ine-ana|-}} Anatolian, {{der|la|ine-pro|-}} Proto-Indo-European, {{m|ine-pro|*lem-||ghost, nocturnal spirit}} *lem- (“ghost, nocturnal spirit”) Head templates: {{la-noun|lemurēs<3.pl>|g=m}} lemurēs m pl (genitive lemurum); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lemurēs<3.pl>}} Forms: lemurēs [canonical, masculine, plural], lemurum [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lemurēs [nominative, plural], lemurum [genitive, plural], lemuribus [dative, plural], lemurēs [accusative, plural], lemuribus [ablative, plural], lemurēs [plural, vocative]
  1. shades, ghosts of the departed Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Mythological creatures
    Sense id: en-lemures-la-noun-WRDzRDyF Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 53 47 Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 62 38
  2. ghosts, spectres Tags: declension-3 Categories (topical): Mythological creatures, Roman mythology
    Sense id: en-lemures-la-noun-mgPBdTTb Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 53 47 Disambiguation of Roman mythology: 10 90 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin pluralia tantum Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Latin pluralia tantum: 22 78
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: phasma

Inflected forms

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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "phasma"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shades, ghosts of the departed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shade",
          "shade"
        ],
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ghosts, spectres"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ghost",
          "ghost"
        ],
        [
          "spectre",
          "spectre"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.mu.reːs/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫ̪ɛmʊreːs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈle.mu.res/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlɛːmures]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lemures"
}

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