"Lamia" meaning in Latin

See Lamia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɫa.mi.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlaː.mi.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) Forms: Lamiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lamia [nominative, singular], Lamiae [genitive, singular], Lamiae [dative, singular], Lamiam [accusative, singular], Lamiā [ablative, singular], Lamia [singular, vocative]
Etymology: From Lamus, king of the Laestrygonians. Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Lamia<1>|g=m}} Lamia m sg (genitive Lamiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Lamia<1>}}
  1. A Roman cognomen — famously held by: Tags: declension-1, masculine, singular
    Sense id: en-Lamia-la-name-hgmEXE~e Categories (other): Latin cognomina, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin cognomina: 42 41 18 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 38 24 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 36 35 28 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 51 49
  2. A Roman cognomen — famously held by:
    Lucius Aelius Lamia, a Roman consul
    Tags: declension-1, masculine, singular Derived forms: Lamiānus
    Sense id: en-Lamia-la-name-gGefoSdg Categories (other): Latin cognomina, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Latin masculine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin cognomina: 42 41 18 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 38 24 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 36 35 28 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the first declension: 51 49
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name

IPA: [ˈɫa.mi.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlaː.mi.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|Λαμία}} Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía) Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Lamia<1.loc>}} Lamia f sg (genitive Lamiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Lamia<1.loc>}} Forms: Lamiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Lamia [nominative, singular], Lamiae [genitive, singular], Lamiae [dative, singular], Lamiam [accusative, singular], Lamiā [ablative, singular], Lamia [singular, vocative], Lamiae [locative, singular]
  1. a city of Phthiotis, Greece, situated on a plain Tags: declension-1, feminine, singular Categories (place): Cities in Greece, Places in Greece
    Sense id: en-Lamia-la-name-OfzbJz7O Categories (other): Latin cognomina, Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Greece Disambiguation of Latin cognomina: 42 41 18 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 39 38 24 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 36 35 28 Disambiguation of Greece: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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