Associations to the word «Lamia»

Wiktionary

LAMIA, proper noun. A city in Greece.
LAMIA, noun. 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.

Dictionary definition

LAMIA, noun. (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche