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† 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.

2. Lămĭa, ae, m.,

  1. I. a surname in the gens Aelia, Cic. Sest. 12, 29; id. Fam. 12, 29, 3; id. Att. 11, 7, 2; Hor. C. 1, 26, 8; 3, 17, 2; Juv. 4, 154; 6, 385; Tac. A. 6, 27; Suet. Dom. 1.
    Hence,
  2. II. Lămĭānus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to a Lamia, Lamian: horti, Cic. Att. 12, 21, 2; Suet. Calig. 59.

3. Lămĭa, ae, f., = Λαμία, a city in Phthiotis, now Zeitun, Liv. 27, 30, 1; 32, 4, 3; Plin. 4, 7, 14, § 28.