"lamia" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: [ˈɫa.mi.a] [Classical-Latin], [ˈlaː.mi.a] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek λάμια (lámia), Λάμια (Lámia). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|λάμια}} Ancient Greek λάμια (lámia) Head templates: {{la-noun|lamia<1>}} lamia f (genitive lamiae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|lamia<1>}} Forms: lamiae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], lamia [nominative, singular], lamiae [nominative, plural], lamiae [genitive, singular], lamiārum [genitive, plural], lamiae [dative, singular], lamiīs [dative, plural], lamiam [accusative, singular], lamiās [accusative, plural], lamiā [ablative, singular], lamiīs [ablative, plural], lamia [singular, vocative], lamiae [plural, vocative]
  1. witch who was said to suck children's blood (sort of female bogeyman), vampiress Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-lamia-la-noun-9xmwMrVX Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin feminine nouns in the first declension, Mythological creatures Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 84 8 8 Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 49 26 25 Disambiguation of Mythological creatures: 64 18 18
  2. a sorceress, enchantress, witch Tags: declension-1, feminine Synonyms: strīga, malefica, volātica, masca
    Sense id: en-lamia-la-noun-UIbUpkT6
  3. a sort of flatfish Tags: declension-1, feminine
    Sense id: en-lamia-la-noun-gJCySJnn Categories (other): Flatfish Disambiguation of Flatfish: 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lamium (english: deadnettle)

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "english": "deadnettle",
      "word": "lamium"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "lamia",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "used in names of fish"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: lamia (used in names of fish)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: lamia (used in names of fish)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lamia (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: lamia (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lamia (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: lamia (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λάμια"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λάμια (lámia)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λάμια (lámia), Λάμια (Lámia).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lamia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "lamia f (genitive lamiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lamia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "84 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "49 26 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "64 18 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Mythological creatures",
          "orig": "la:Mythological creatures",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "witch who was said to suck children's blood (sort of female bogeyman), vampiress"
      ],
      "id": "en-lamia-la-noun-9xmwMrVX",
      "links": [
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "suck",
          "suck"
        ],
        [
          "children",
          "children"
        ],
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ],
        [
          "bogeyman",
          "bogeyman"
        ],
        [
          "vampiress",
          "vampiress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sorceress, enchantress, witch"
      ],
      "id": "en-lamia-la-noun-UIbUpkT6",
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "enchantress",
          "enchantress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "strīga"
        },
        {
          "word": "malefica"
        },
        {
          "word": "volātica"
        },
        {
          "word": "masca"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Flatfish",
          "orig": "la:Flatfish",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a sort of flatfish"
      ],
      "id": "en-lamia-la-noun-gJCySJnn",
      "links": [
        [
          "flatfish",
          "flatfish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫa.mi.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlaː.mi.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lamia"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Latin 3-syllable words",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin feminine nouns",
    "Latin feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Latin first declension nouns",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin nouns",
    "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "es:Mythological creatures",
    "la:Flatfish",
    "la:Mythological creatures"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "deadnettle",
      "word": "lamium"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mul",
            "2": "lamia",
            "bor": "1",
            "qq": "used in names of fish"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Translingual: lamia (used in names of fish)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Translingual: lamia (used in names of fish)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: lamia (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Galician: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Galician: lamia (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: lamia (learned)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "lamia",
            "lbor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Spanish: lamia (learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Spanish: lamia (learned)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "λάμια"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek λάμια (lámia)",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek λάμια (lámia), Λάμια (Lámia).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiārum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamia",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "lamiae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lamia<1>"
      },
      "expansion": "lamia f (genitive lamiae); first declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lamia<1>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "witch who was said to suck children's blood (sort of female bogeyman), vampiress"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ],
        [
          "suck",
          "suck"
        ],
        [
          "children",
          "children"
        ],
        [
          "blood",
          "blood"
        ],
        [
          "bogeyman",
          "bogeyman"
        ],
        [
          "vampiress",
          "vampiress"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sorceress, enchantress, witch"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sorceress",
          "sorceress"
        ],
        [
          "enchantress",
          "enchantress"
        ],
        [
          "witch",
          "witch"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "strīga"
        },
        {
          "word": "malefica"
        },
        {
          "word": "volātica"
        },
        {
          "word": "masca"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a sort of flatfish"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "flatfish",
          "flatfish"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-1",
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɫa.mi.a]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈlaː.mi.a]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lamia"
}

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