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• Lamia

  LA´MIA(Λαμία: Eth. Λαμιεύς: Zitúini), a town of the Malienses, though afterwards separated from them...

  Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

• lamia

  lămĭa, ae, f., = λαμία. I A witch who was said to suck children's blood, a sorceress, enchantress ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Lamia

  Lămĭa, ae, m., I a surname in the gens Aelia, Cic. Sest. 12, 29; id. Fam. 12, 29, 3; id. Att. ...

  A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

• Lamia

  ·noun A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck thei...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language