Lamus

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

Lămus, i, m., = Λάμος.

I A mythic king of the Laestrygonians, a son of Neptune, and the founder of Formiae , Hor. C. 3, 17, 1; Sil. 8, 530; hence, urbs Lami, i. e. Formiae , Ov. M. 14, 233.—

II A son of Hercules and Omphale , Ov. H. 9, 54.—

III The name of a horse , Sil. 16, 474.

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