• HAUNT

1.

• v. Visit frequently; linger about, etc., frequentare or (Suet.) assidue frequentare (e.g., locum, domum, etc.; to visit it frequently): in aliquo loco versari, or (Plaut.) crebro versari (to be frequently there): circumvolitare (to flutter about; IMPROP., of persons; e.g., limina potentiorum, Col.): colere (mostly poetical, flumen, nemus, etc.): amare (poetical, nemus).
• Of evil spirits, etc. A place is haunted, aliquo loco obvia hominibus fit species niortui (after Apul., Apol., 315, 23); aliquo loco homines umbris inquietantur (after Suet., Cal., 59).

2. s. latibulum (the hiding-place, lair, etc., of a beast): lustrum (the place where a wild beast lives; lair, den, etc.; also of the dark haunts or dens of wicked, unclean men): cubile (general term for sleeping-place; hence, also, of “lair” of wild beasts in a forest, etc.).