lamiarum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →lamia, lamiae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
witch; bogey/demon; female monster (eats children/child's blood); vampire (Cas);; kind of shark; sort of flatfish (L+S); species of owl; jackal (Souter);
gen. pl.
Examples
Satura IV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...periit postquam cerdonibus esse timendus coeperat: hoc nocuit Lamiarum caede madenti..."Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...solatur gratoque indulget basia plectro. quaedam de numero Lamiarum ac nominis Appi et farre et uino Ianum Vestamque..."
