Lamia
See also: Appendix:Variations of "lamia"
English
Proper noun
Lamia
Translations
city in Greece
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.mja/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Greek Λαμία (Lamía).
Proper noun
Lamia f
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic لَمْيَاء (lamyāʔ).
Proper noun
Lamia f
- a female given name from Arabic
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɫa.mi.a]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈlaː.mi.a]
Etymology 1
From Lamus, king of the Laestrygonians.
Proper noun
Lamia m sg (genitive Lamiae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Aelius Lamia, a Roman consul
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Lamia |
genitive | Lamiae |
dative | Lamiae |
accusative | Lamiam |
ablative | Lamiā |
vocative | Lamia |
Derived terms
- Lamiānus
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía).
Proper noun
Lamia f sg (genitive Lamiae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
singular | |
---|---|
nominative | Lamia |
genitive | Lamiae |
dative | Lamiae |
accusative | Lamiam |
ablative | Lamiā |
vocative | Lamia |
locative | Lamiae |
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