empuse
noun/ɛmˈpjuːz/
Etymology Latin empusa, from Ancient Greek.
1
Obsolete A phantom; ghost; spectre.
- But Suidas tells of certain Empuse that used to appear at such times as the Greeks did celebrate the funerals of the dead1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, “[XXVIII Sermons Preached at Golden Grove; Being for the Summer Half-year, […].] ”, in ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ [Eniautos]. A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Richard Royston […], published 1654, →OCLC: