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lămĭa , ae, f., = λαμία.
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.—
II. A sort of flatfish, Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
III. A species of owl, Vulg. Isa. 34, 14.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (3):
    • Old Testament, Isaiah, 34.14
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 340
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.78
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