Lamia
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English
Proper noun
Lamia
- A city in Greece.
Translations
city in Greece
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Greek Λαμία (Lamía).
Proper noun
Lamia f
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Arabic لَمْيَاء (lamyāʔ).
Proper noun
Lamia f
- a female given name from Arabic
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.a/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈla.mi.a/,
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
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía).
Proper noun
Lamia f sg (genitive Lamiae); first declension
- A city of Phthiotis situated on a plain
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