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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD LEMURES

Latin: see lemur.
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PRONUNCIATION OF LEMURES

lemures  [ˈlɛmjʊˌriːz] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEMURES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lemures is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEMURES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

lemures

Lemures

In Roman mythology, the lemures were shades or spirits of the restless or malignant dead, and are probably cognate with an extended sense of larvae as disturbing or frightening. Lemures is the more common literary term but even this is rare: it is used by the Augustan poets Horace and Ovid, the latter in his Fasti, the six-book calendar poem on Roman holidays and religious customs.

Definition of lemures in the English dictionary

The definition of lemures in the dictionary is the spirits of the dead.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEMURES


Antares
ænˈtɛəriːz
antifreeze
ˈæntɪˌfriːz
Ares
ˈɛəriːz
Aries
ˈɛəriːz
breeze
briːz
brise
briːz
Capris
kəˈpriːz
caries
ˈkɛəriːz
Ceres
ˈsɪəriːz
cerise
səˈriːz
crise
kriːz
freeze
friːz
fris
friːz
grise
ɡriːz
heres
ˈhɪəriːz
imprese
ɪmˈpriːz
miniseries
ˈmɪnɪˌsɪəriːz
reprise
rɪˈpriːz
series
ˈsɪəriːz
teres
ˈtiːˌriːz

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEMURES

lemon soda
lemon sole
lemon squash
lemon squeezer
lemon tea
lemon tree
lemon verbena
lemon yellow
lemon-like
lemonade
lemongrass oil
lemonish
lemonwood
lemony
Lemper
lempira
lemur
lemur-like
lemurine
lemuroid

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEMURES

attendance figures
dentures
facts and figures
features
futures
half measures
indentures
index futures
library pictures
manufactures
measures
pictures
plumbing fixtures
population figures
sales figures
Scriptures
significant figures
the Coal Measures
the pictures
weights and measures

Synonyms and antonyms of lemures in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lemures» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEMURES

Find out the translation of lemures to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lemures from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lemures» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

lemures
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lemures
570 millions of speakers

English

lemures
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

lemures
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

lemures
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Лемуры
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lemures
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

lemures
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

lémures
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lemas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lemures
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

死霊
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

lemures
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lemes
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

Lemurés
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

lemures
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

लेमोरेस
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ölülerin ruhları
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Lemuri
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

lemures
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лемури
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

lemures
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

lemures
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

lemures
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

lemures
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

lemures
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lemures

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEMURES»

The term «lemures» is normally little used and occupies the 113.295 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEMURES» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lemures

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEMURES»

Discover the use of lemures in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lemures and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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De Bello Lemures, Or the Roman War Against the Zombies of ...
A recovered Latin text tells the story of a struggle between Roman legionaries and the undead in 185 AD. Lucius Artorius Castus leads an expedition to Gaul to defeat a rebellion against the rule of the Emperor Commodus - and gets more than ...
Lucius Artorius Castus, Thomas Brookside, 2009
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Roman Gods: A Conceptual Approach
For instance, during the festival of the Lemures (Lemuria, 9th, 11th and 13th of May) beans were offered—according to one source—not to the Lemures, but to the Larvae. According to another source, however, the recipients of the sacrifice ...
Michael Lipka, 2009
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Origines Kalendariæ Italicæ: Nundinal Calendars of Ancient ...
quidem (Plato) animas hominum dsemones esse, et ex honii- nibus fieri Lares, si boni meriti sunt, Lemures si mali seu Larvas ; Manes autem deos dici si incertum est bonorum eos seu malorum esse meritorumc. With regard to the origin of this ...
Edward Greswell, 1854
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Spectacles of Death in Ancient Rome
Pointing out that the rite follows immediately upon the conclusion of the Lemuria with its focus on spirits (lemures) and purification, Harmon argues that, "The Argei rite is very similar to other purification rituals in which the Tiber merely carries ...
Donald G. Kyle, 1998
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Undead: Draugr, Lemures, Manes, Myling, Bhuta, List of ...
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Books, LLC, General Books LLC, 2010
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Roman Underworld: Proserpina, Pluto, Lemures, Manes, Dis ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Books Llc, 2010
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The Formation of Hell: Death and Retribution in the Ancient ...
would protect themselves from the dead by ritually sweeping them out of the house and making a token offering of beans.34 Whether the lemures are a separate group of the dead or the meaner aspect of insufficiently appeased ancestors is ...
Alan E. Bernstein, 1996
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The Classical Mythology of Milton's English Poems
C. S. 191. The Lars, or Lares, and Lemures are peculiar to the Roman mythology. The distinction between them is not quite clear, though St. Augustine (De Civitate Deig. 11) quotes the neo-Platonic opinion, ' animas hominum daemones esse, ...
Charles Grosvenor Osgood, 1964
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The Chaos Theorem
Parents of those who had died were in an uproar and brought Lemures into the public forum, an unsafe place for any secretive government program. It was impossible for Lemures to keep its secrets with so many prying eyes looking for a  ...
C. B. Carter, 2012
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Bell's New Pantheon; or Historical dictionary of the gods, ...
LEMNIUS, a name of Vulcan, because Lemnos in the Aegean, was the island on which he fell when thrown out of heaven, LEMURES, spirits or hobgoblins ; restless ghosts of departed persons, who return to terrify and torment the living.
‎1790

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEMURES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lemures is used in the context of the following news items.
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Calendar of Events
Laredo Lemures. Free general admission, but pre-registration is required at least two days in advance. For ages I and older. Leave PBHS at ... «Peabody Gazette-Bulletin, Jul 15»
2
7 unforgettable Madagascan adventures
The name for this iconic primate comes from the Latin word lemures, meaning "spirit of the night" or "ghost". The key place for human-lemur ... «Times LIVE, May 15»
3
Biologists Explain Female Social Dominance in Malagasy Lemurs
In most mammals, males are more aggressive and, in hierarchical societies, often dominate females. But in lemures, female social dominance ... «Sci-News.com, May 15»
4
Helicopter egg drop delights children
The Lemures attended the Portsmouth church service. The couple said they had no problem with being required to attend, because they ... «Seacoastonline.com, Apr 15»
5
“Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3-D” opens Feb. 13 at Tennessee …
At the opening of the latest film, we learn how lemurs (translated from the world "lemures," meaning "ghost" or "spirit") arrived on the island of ... «Nooga.com, Feb 15»
6
eSkeletons, modelos óseos interactivos de esqueletos de mamíferos
Desde la misma página de inicio podremos visualizar en detalle el esqueleto de mamíferos como humanos, gorilas, chimpancés, lemures, ... «WWWhat's new?, Jun 14»
7
Madagascar study tracks how germs jump between people and …
Moving through the dark forest, however, these miniature primates become like lemures, Latin for ghosts and the origin of the word lemurs. «Phys.Org, May 14»
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Exploring the 'Island of Lemurs: Madagascar'
Lemures may look like stuffed animal, but there's much more Nan meets the eye. I defy you to not immediately fall in love with them. This is the ... «ABC News, Apr 14»
9
Longleat: New Ring Tailed Lemurs Born
The name lemur itself derives from the Latin word 'lemures' which means ghost and probably came from their nocturnal habits, ghost-like ... «Heart, Apr 14»
10
From 'A' to 'ampersand', English is a wonderfully curious language
In Ancient Rome, "lemures" were the ghosts of murder victims, executed criminals, drowned sailors and other unfortunate souls who had died ... «The Guardian, Feb 14»

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