lamia en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈleɪ.mi.ə/ (US)
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- /ˈleɪmɪə/ (UK)
Etymology
From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).
Meanings
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(Greek) A monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
Apollonius […] by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus' gold described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions.
1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition III, section 2, member 1, subsection i:Coordinate term: naga
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| lamiae | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| lamias | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (27)
gl lamia (monster in mythology) · it lamia (monster in mythology) · sl lamija (monster in mythology) · el Λάμια (monster in mythology) · et lamia (monster in mythology) · ca làmia (monster in mythology) · mr लामिया (monster in mythology) · pl lamia (monster in mythology) · fi lamia (monster in mythology) · de Lamia (monster in mythology) · nl lamia (monster in mythology) · ru ламия (monster in mythology) · cs lamia (monster in mythology) · ja ラミアー (monster in mythology) · ko 라미아 (monster in mythology) · sv lamia (monster in mythology) · no lamia (monster in mythology) · es lamia (monster in mythology) · fr lamie (monster in mythology) · la lamia (monster in mythology) · pt lâmia (monster in mythology) · grc Λάμια (monster in mythology) · cmn 拉米亞 /拉米亚 (monster in mythology) · sh lamija (monster in mythology) · lt lamija (monster in mythology) · eu lamia (monster in mythology) · el λάμια (monster in mythology)