Λάμια

See also: λάμια and Λαμία

Ancient Greek

Possible connection with λαιμός (laimós, “throat, gullet”).

Λᾰ́μῐᾰ • (Lámia) f (genitive Λᾰμῐ́ης); first declension

(mythology) A fabulous monster said to feed on man's flesh; bugbear with which to frighten children
- 422 BCE, Aristophanes, The Wasps 1177
- Duris 17 J.

First declension of ἡ Λᾰ́μῐᾰ; τῆς Λᾰμῐ́ης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾰ́μῐᾰ hē Lámia
Genitive	τῆς Λᾰμῐ́ης tês Lamíēs
Dative	τῇ Λᾰμῐ́ῃ têi Lamíēi
Accusative	τὴν Λᾰ́μῐᾰν tḕn Lámian
Vocative	Λᾰ́μῐᾰ Lámia
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Λάμιᾰ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Λάμια in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- bugbear idem, page 103.
- goblin idem, page 365.
- hobgoblin idem, page 402.

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