Lĕmū-rĭa

Lĕmŭres, um, m., shades, ghosts of the departed.

Lit.:

Lemures animas dixere silentum,

Ov. F. 5, 483.—

Transf., in gen., ghosts, spectres:

lemures larvae nocturnae et terrificationes imaginum et bestiarum,

Non. 135, 15 sq.:

somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures portentaque Thessala rides,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 209:

tunc nigri lemures ovoque pericula rupto,

Pers. 5, 185.—Hence,

Lĕmū-rĭa, ōrum, n., a festival held on the 9th, 11th, and 13th of May to appease the ghosts of the departed:

nocturna,

Ov. F. 5, 421 sq.

Lĕmŭres, um, m., shades, ghosts of the departed.

Lit.:

Lemures animas dixere silentum,

Ov. F. 5, 483.—

Transf., in gen., ghosts, spectres:

lemures larvae nocturnae et terrificationes imaginum et bestiarum,

Non. 135, 15 sq.:

somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, Nocturnos lemures portentaque Thessala rides,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 209:

tunc nigri lemures ovoque pericula rupto,

Pers. 5, 185.—Hence,

Lĕmū-rĭa, ōrum, n., a festival held on the 9th, 11th, and 13th of May to appease the ghosts of the departed:

nocturna,

Ov. F. 5, 421 sq.