lamia

lămĭa, ae, f., = λαμία.

• A witch who was said to suck children's blood, a sorceress, enchantress: neu pransae lamiae vivum puerum extrahat alvo, Hor. A. P. 340; Ap. Met. 1, 17, 16; 5, 11, 17.—Transf.: lamiae turres, nursery tales, Tert. adv. Val. 3.—
• II A sort of flatfish, Plin. 9, 24, 40, § 78.—
• III A species of owl, Vulg. Isa. 34, 14.

1. lamia, ae, f. (λαμία), I) gew. Plur. lamiae, schöne gespensterhafte Frauen, die durch allerlei Blendwerk Kinder, bes. aber schöne Jünglinge an sich lockten, ihnen das Blut aussaugten und ihr Fleisch genossen, Vampire, Unholdinnen, Hor. de art. poët. 340. Apul. met. 1, 17 u. 5, 11: lamiae turres, Ammenmärchen, Tert. adv. Valent. 3: cubavit Lamia, Vulg. Ierem. 34, 14. – II) ein wildes Tier in Afrika, der Schakal, Vulg. thren. 4, 3. – III) ein Fisch aus der Gattung der Plattfische, Plin. 9, 78.

1 lamia v. 2 lama

2 lamia [CL] , lamia, evil female being described var. as goddess, monster, or witch; cf. laminia; b (w. allusion to tearing of victims, or to supposed deriv. from laniare, cf. Isid. Etym. VIII 11. 102); c (w. ref. to Is. xxxiv 14); d (w. ref. to Thren. iv 3). ~ia dea silvae dicitur ‥ GlC L 29 (v. dea a); lamentor ‥, inde ‥ hec ~ia, -e, i. quedam crudelis bestia Osb. Glouc. Deriv. 317; 11‥ hec ~ia, i.estrie WW Sup. 95; ~ie dicuntur esse mulieres que noctu domos ‥ penetrant ‥, infantes ex cunis extrahunt, luminaria accendunt et nonnumquam dormientes affligunt Gerv. Tilb. III 85; ~ia quasi lama, A. mare (Garl. Unus gl.) Teaching Latin II 164; ~ia, G. strie, G. [sic]wyche Ib. 172; hic antepos, hec ~ea, A. ffayery WW.  b infantes exponi ~iis, et nunc frustratim discerptos ‥ in ventrem trajectos congeri, nunc ‥ in cunas reponi J. Sal. Pol. 436B; ~ias, quas vulgo mascas aut in Gallica lingua strias nominant physici dicunt nocturnas esse imaginationes ‥; dicuntur autem ~ie ‥ vel potius lanie a laniando, quia laniant infantes Gerv. Tilb. III 86; quando ~ie volunt aliquem hominem comprehendere primo muliebri facie ei blandiuntur et secum coire compellunt ‥ et ‥ ipsum dilaniant et ‥ manducant Bart. Angl. V 2; similes sunt lanie, qui [sic] proprios filios, lania[n]t in hoc quod nutriunt alienos O. Cheriton Fab. 42A; Walt. Wimb. Palpo 166 (v. discerpere c); ~ia est monstrum habens caput virgineum, corpus porcinum, et pedes equinos, crudelissimum, dictum a laniando quasi lania Peckham Exp. Thren. IV 3.  c 1176 in hac fovea [scandalorum], sicut propheta dicit, ‘cubavit ~ia et invenit sibi requiem’ P. Blois Ep. 100. 310C.  d dulciora sunt equidem mihi verbera vestra quam ubera eorum qui lacte ~iarum vos pascunt P. Blois Ep. 130. 385A; a1197 Sion in sinu lamie / catulos lactant hodie (Pol. Poems) EHR V 319; errat natura in quibusdam animalibus monstrosis, sicut patet in ~ia, que secundum glossam super Trenos caput virgineum habet, corpus beluinum Bart. Angl. V 2; cum tanquam ~ia lactans catulos suos tu novitios tuos inbuas perpetua materia contendendi Peckham Kilw. 136.

1 lămĭa, æ, f. (λαμία), lamie [sorte de vampire dont on menaçait les enfants] : Hor. P. 340 ; Apul. M. 1, 17 || poisson inconnu : Plin. 9, 78 || bête féroce : Vulg. Lam. 4, 3 || sorte de démon qui tuait les enfants : Vulg. Is. 34, 14.

lamia , ae. f.
巫女。悪獸名。

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lamia ae, f

• , λάμια, a witch, sorceress, vampire: lamiae vivum puerum extrahere alvo, H.