Lamia
English
Translations
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.a/, [ˈɫ̪ämiä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.a/, [ˈläːmiä]
Etymology 1
From Lamus, king of the Laestrygonians.
Proper noun
Lamia m sg (genitive Lamiae); first declension
- A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
- Lucius Aelius Lamia, a Roman consul
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lamia |
Genitive | Lamiae |
Dative | Lamiae |
Accusative | Lamiam |
Ablative | Lamiā |
Vocative | Lamia |
Derived terms
- Lamiānus
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía).
Declension
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Lamia |
Genitive | Lamiae |
Dative | Lamiae |
Accusative | Lamiam |
Ablative | Lamiā |
Vocative | Lamia |
Locative | Lamiae |
References
- “Lamia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Lamia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “Lamia”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
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