/ˈleɪmɪə/, /ˈleɪ.mi.ə/
OriginFrom Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια (Lámia).
- GreekA monster preying upon human beings, who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
“Apollonius […] by some probable conjectures, found her out to be a serpent, a lamia, and that all her furniture was like Tantalus' gold described by Homer, no substance, but mere illusions.”
Formslamias(plural) · lamiae(plural)