Lamia

See also: lamia, lamía, làmia, lâmia, and łamią

English

Proper noun

Lamia

  1. A city in Greece.

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French

Proper noun

Lamia

  1. Lamia

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Latin

Etymology 1

From Lamus, king of the Laestrygonians.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.a/, [ˈɫa.mi.a]

Proper noun

Lamia m (genitive Lamiae); first declension

  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    1. Lucius Aelius Lamia, a Roman consul

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Lamia
Genitive Lamiae
Dative Lamiae
Accusative Lamiam
Ablative Lamiā
Vocative Lamia

Derived terms

  • Lamiānus

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.a/, [ˈɫa.mi.a]

Proper noun

Lamia f (genitive Lamiae); first declension

  1. A city of Phthiotis situated on a plain

Declension

First declension.

Case Singular
Nominative Lamia
Genitive Lamiae
Dative Lamiae
Accusative Lamiam
Ablative Lamiā
Vocative Lamia

References

  • Lamia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Lamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Lamia in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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