"lamia" meaning in Latin

See lamia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: \ˈla.mi.a\
Forms: lamiă [singular, nominative], lamiae [plural, nominative], lamiă [singular, vocative], lamiae [plural, vocative], lamiăm [singular, accusative], lamiās [plural, accusative], lamiae [singular, genitive], lamiārŭm [plural, genitive], lamiae [singular, dative], lamiīs [plural, dative], lamiā [singular, ablative], lamiīs [plural, ablative]
  1. Lamie, vampire à figure de femme, qui passait pour dévorer les enfants. Sorcière.
    Sense id: fr-lamia-la-noun-1-G6gJeP Categories (other): Exemples en latin, Lexique en latin de la mythologie Topics: mythology
  2. Lamie.
    Sense id: fr-lamia-la-noun-ngMkw6eh Categories (other): Poissons en latin Topics: ichthyology
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Inflected forms

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