ghost Copy link Outline I. The shade of one dead1. umbra (poet.)2. mānes, ium, m.II. A phantom of any kind1. phantasma, ătis, n.2. larva (demon)3. īdōlon or īdōlum (an image or figure)4. (as gen. terms for any praeternatural appearance) monstrum, mostellumIII. Breath, spiritIV. The Holy Ghost, Sanctus Spīritus, Vulg. • ghost: I. The shade of one dead: 1. umbra (poet.): Lucr.: Virg.: Hor.: v. shade. 2. mānes, ium, m.: the g. of a wife, m. conjugis, Virg. Aen. 6, 119: Liv. 3, 58, extr. Phr.: he says that (the g. of) the dead man came to him in his sleep, ait venisse illum in somnis ad se mortuum, Pl. II. A phantom of any kind: 1. phantasma, ătis, n.: to believe in g.s, putare esse aliquid phantasmata, Plin. Ep. 7, 27, init.: v. phantom. 2. larva (demon): a house haunted by g.s, larvarum plena domus, Pl. Am. 2, 2, 155: Plin. pref. § 31. 3. īdōlon or īdōlum (an image or figure): Plin. Ep. 7, 27, 5. 4. (as gen. terms for any praeternatural appearance) monstrum, mostellum: v. prodigy. III. Breath, spirit: esp. in phr. to give up the g., exspirare, animam edere, etc.: v. to expire. IV. The Holy Ghost, Sanctus Spīritus, Vulg.
GHOST Copy link • GHOSTspectrum (denotes the apparition of a departed spirit, as a supernatural appearance): mostellum (diminutive from monstrum, as a horrible apparition): manes (as the apparition of a good spirit): lemures (as that of a hobgoblin). Anybody’s ghost walks, non manes ejus conquiescunt viri (Liv., 21, 10; ☞ Liv., 3, 58, extr.). To believe in ghosts [Vid: to BELIEVE in]. To give up the ghost, animam agere, edere, efflare (Cic.), emittere, deponere (Nep.); extremum vitae spiritum edere (Cic.).