Lamia

·noun A monster capable of assuming a woman's form, who was said to devour human beings or suck their blood; a vampire; a sorceress; a witch.

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
lamia ae, f , λάμια, a witch, sorceress, vampire: lamiae vivum puerum extrahere alvo, H. ...

An Elementary Latin Dictionary