Lewis & Short

† 1. lămĭa, ae, f., = λαμία.

  1. 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; App. M. 1, p. 110, 3; 5, p. 164, 6.
    Transf.: lamiae turres, nursery tales, Tert. adv. Val. 3.
  2. II. A sort of flatfish, Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.
  3. III. A species of owl, Vulg. Isa. 34, 14.