Lamia definitions

lā'mē-ə
A monster represented as a serpent with the head and breasts of a woman that ate children and sucked the blood from men.
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A female vampire.
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Any of a class of monsters, half woman and half serpent, supposed to lure people, esp. children, in order to suck their blood.
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A female demon or vampire.
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A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
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A city in Greece.
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Origin of lamia

From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lamia).

Sentence Examples

  • He compares her story with that of Lamia, who, after her children had been slain by Zeus, retired to a lonely cave and carried off and killed the children of others.

  • The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies (1827) and a dramatic romance, Lamia, published later, belong to this time.

  • The geographical name is sometimes extended over all these branches, and so reaches from Aetolia to the Gulf of Lamia.

  • Thence it crosses that lake in a straight line and afterwards the Ruwenzori to its highest point, Margherita peak, whence it follows the Lamia River to its junction with the Semliki.

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