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

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras