lamia

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But Nicander the Colophonian, in his essay on Dialects, says that the carcharias is also called the lamias and the squill.

From Project Gutenberg

The Seventy, in Isaiah, translate the Hebrew lilith by lamia.

From Project Gutenberg

There, on one of the broadest tombstones she saw sitting a circle of lamias.

From Project Gutenberg

Why," returned Calandrino, "'tis not to go farther, but there is a damsel below, fairer than a lamia, and so mightily in love with me that 'twould astonish thee.

From Project Gutenberg

The word lamiae signified, walking spirits, which, according to the vulgar notion, devoured men; this makes the spirit of the sarcasm against the tax-gatherers.

From Project Gutenberg