lamia

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

lămĭa, ae, f., = λαμία.

I A witch who was said to suck children's blood, a sorceress, enchantress : neu pransae lamiae vivum puerum extrahat alvo, Hor. A. P. 340; Ap. Met. 1, 17, 16; 5, 11, 17.—Transf.: lamiae turres, nursery tales , Tert. adv. Val. 3.—

II A sort of flatfish , Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—

III A species of owl , Vulg. Isa. 34, 14.

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