Lamia

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

Lămĭa, ae, m.,

I a surname in the gens Aelia, Cic. Sest. 12, 29; id. Fam. 12, 29, 3; id. Att. 11, 7, 2; Hor. C. 1, 26, 8; 3, 17, 2; Juv. 4, 154; 6, 385; Tac. A. 6, 27; Suet. Dom. 1.—Hence,

II Lămĭānus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lamia, Lamian : horti, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 2; Suet. Calig. 59.

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