lemures
The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.
Noun
- The spirits or ghosts of the dead, considered as malignant.
- The Lars and Lemures moan with midnight plaint. - 1629, John Milton, “On the Morning of Christs Nativity”, in Poems of Mr. John Milton, […], London: […] Ruth Raworth for Humphrey Mosely, […], published 1646, →OCLC:
- So still lay the figure, and so dim was its outline, that any other than Arbaces might have felt a superstitious fear, lest he beheld one of those grim lemures, who, above all other spots, haunted the threshold of the...
Coordinate Terms: Lares
Origin
From Latin lemurēs. See lemur.