Answer by Sebastian Koppehel for "Ghost", as in the noun
In addition to Asteroidis answer, it is perhaps worth mentioning that Plinius Ep. 4, 27, 4–11– arguably the most famous ghost story in Latin literature – uses the word effigies for the ghost that...
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Latin has quite a lot of words that can refer to a ghost or similar apparition. Like the English word "vision", some of them are vague or ambiguous and don't clearly mean "ghost" outside of the context...
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I would like to know how to say "Ghost" properly, as in I am a ghost. All I have been able to find is "Mares";"Marium";"Spectare"...etc. I would prefer if possible, the medieval version, please?...
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Another common term, frequently translated as "shade," is umbra, -ae. L&S notes in I.B.2 that it can mean "a shade, ghost of a dead person," though this occurs mostly in poetry and post-Augustinian...
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