Lĕmŭres | Lĕmū-rĭa, ōrum (noun M.n) :
* 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
* A festival held on the 9th, 11th, and 13th of May to appease the ghosts of the departed: nocturna,Ov. F. 5, 421 sq.