Lamia
English
Proper noun
LamiaCategory:English lemmas#LAMIACategory:English proper nouns#LAMIACategory:English uncountable nouns#LAMIACategory:English entries with incorrect language header#LAMIACategory:Pages with entries#LAMIACategory:Pages with 3 entries#LAMIA
Translations
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from GreekCategory:French terms borrowed from Greek#LAMIACategory:French terms derived from Greek#LAMIA Λαμία (Lamía).
Proper noun
Lamia fCategory:French lemmas#LAMIACategory:French proper nouns#LAMIACategory:French uncountable nouns#LAMIACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LAMIACategory:French feminine nouns#LAMIACategory:Pages with entries#LAMIACategory:Pages with 3 entries#LAMIA
Etymology 2
Borrowed from ArabicCategory:French terms borrowed from Arabic#LAMIACategory:French terms derived from Arabic#LAMIA لَمْيَاء (lamyāʔ).
Proper noun
Lamia fCategory:French lemmas#LAMIACategory:French proper nouns#LAMIACategory:French uncountable nouns#LAMIACategory:French entries with incorrect language header#LAMIACategory:French feminine nouns#LAMIACategory:Pages with entries#LAMIACategory:Pages with 3 entries#LAMIA
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Lamus, king of the Laestrygonians.
Proper noun
Lamia m sg (genitive Lamiae)Category:Latin lemmas#LAMIACategory:Latin proper nouns#LAMIACategory:Latin first declension nouns#LAMIACategory:Latin masculine nouns in the first declension#LAMIACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#LAMIACategory:Latin masculine nouns#LAMIACategory:Pages with entries#LAMIACategory:Pages with 3 entries#LAMIA; first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Aelius Lamia, a Roman consul
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient GreekCategory:Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek#LAMIACategory:Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek#LAMIA Λαμία (Lamía).
Proper noun
Lamia f sg (genitive Lamiae)Category:Latin lemmas#LAMIACategory:Latin proper nouns#LAMIACategory:Latin first declension nouns#LAMIACategory:Latin feminine nouns in the first declension#LAMIACategory:Latin entries with incorrect language header#LAMIACategory:Latin feminine nouns#LAMIACategory:Pages with entries#LAMIACategory:Pages with 3 entries#LAMIA; first declension
- a city of Phthiotis, GreeceCategory:la:Cities in Greece#LAMIACategory:la:Places in Greece#LAMIA, situated on a plain
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
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
