LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · neutervariously declined, second declension, third declension

Lemūria

Lemūria n pl (genitive Lemūriōrum or Lemūrium)
Classical[ɫɛˈmuː.ri.a]Ecclesiastical[leˈmuː.ri.a]

Meaning

  1. the festival of Lemurēs (spirits, ghosts)
    8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 5.421

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominative—Lemūria
genitive—Lemūriōrum
Lemūrium
dative—Lemūriīs
Lemūribus
accusative—Lemūria
ablative—Lemūriīs
Lemūribus
vocative—Lemūria

Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.

Lemūria ōrum, n
the festival of the Lemures, O.

Origins

From lemurēs (“ghosts of the departed”).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesLemuriaLemuria a festival for the souls of the departed, which was celebrated at Rome every year in the month of May. It was said to have been instituted by …

Quick answers

What does Lemūria mean in Latin?
Lemūria, a proper noun, means “the festival of Lemurēs (spirits, ghosts)”.
What is the genitive of Lemūria?
The genitive singular is Lemūriōrum. Lemūria is neuter, variously declined, second declension, third declension.
How do you pronounce Lemūria?
In classical Latin, [ɫɛˈmuː.ri.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [leˈmuː.ri.a].