Lamia

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈleɪmɪə/

Origin

From Latin lamia, from Ancient Greek Λάμια.

Full definition of lamia

Noun

1. A monster preying upon human beings and who sucked the blood of children, often described as having the head and breasts of a woman and the lower half of a serpent.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, III.2.1.i: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.

Synonyms

• vampire

Anagrams

• Malia