Λαμία

See also: λάμια and Λάμια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

See Λάμια (Lámia, “man-eating, flesh-eating monster”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.mí.aː/ → /laˈmi.a/ → /laˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.mí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈmi.a/

Proper noun

Λᾰμῐ́ᾱ • (Lamíā) f (genitive Λᾰμῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. Lamia

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Λᾰμῐ́ᾱ; τῆς Λᾰμῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Λᾰμῐ́ᾱ hē Lamíā
Genitive	τῆς Λᾰμῐ́ᾱς tês Lamíās
Dative	τῇ Λᾰμῐ́ᾳ têi Lamíāi
Accusative	τὴν Λᾰμῐ́ᾱν tḕn Lamíān
Vocative	Λᾰμῐ́ᾱ Lamíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• λᾰμῐᾰκός (lamiakós)

Descendants

• Arabic: لاميا
• Greek: Λαμία (Lamía)
• Italian: Lamia
• Latin: Lamia

References

• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,015

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Λαμία (Lamía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈmia/

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• Hyphenation: Λα‧μί‧α

Proper noun

Λαμία • (Lamía) f

1. Lamia (a city in Greece)

Declension

  Λαμία

case     \     number	singular
nominative	Λαμία •
genitive	Λαμίας •
accusative	Λαμία •
vocative	Λαμία •

Derived terms

• Λαμιώτης m (Lamiótis, “male from Lamia”)
• Λαμιεύς m (Lamiéfs, “male from Larissa”) (formal, dated)
• Λαμιώτισσα f (Lamiótissa, “female from Lamia”)
• λαμιώτικος (lamiótikos) (adjective)
• λαμιακός (lamiakós) (adjective) (formal)

Further reading

• Λαμία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el