Talk:Lamia

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What is Lamia (plant)? The type genus of Lamiaceae is Lamium. -phma

Looks like a mistake to me. I don't find any reference to a plant Lamia. WormRunner 06:47, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Lamia is not the latin word for vampire, vespirilito, -onis is. Lamia, -ae, in my dictionary ("The Bantam New College" edition 1966 which got me through several years of latin) is the word for sorceress or witch.

[edit] Lamia(band)

Lamia is an awsome metal band formed in California. for more go to myspace.com/lamia

[edit] Contested move request

The following request to move a page has been added to Wikipedia:Requested moves as an uncontroversial move, but this has been contested by one or more people. Any discussion on the issue should continue here. If a full request is not lodged within five days of this request being contested, the request will be removed from WP:RM. —Stemonitis 13:11, 11 August 2007 (UTC)

  • Lamia (mythology) → Lamia — Redirect goes there already, most common usage of term by far, deserves main name space —DreamGuy 13:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC) DreamGuy 13:36, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Firstly, that redirection was performed by you at about the same time you made the request. Secondly, I see no evidence that the mythological figure is the primary meaning. Determining primary usage is almost always a community process, because any individual is biased by his or her knowledge and experience. That means it can almost never be an uncontroversial move. --Stemonitis 13:11, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Yes, redirection was performed by me, so what? Second, if you've seen no evidence that the mythology figure is the primary meaning then you haven't bothered to look at the pages in question or any other evidence at all. Look at the list of terms, do a Google search, do whatever, there's Lamia the mythological character and then there are extremely minor references all based upon it. To call this controversial without even looking to see if there is indeed any is a complete waste of time. DreamGuy 16:04, 11 August 2007 (UTC)
  • Actually, the top google hit [1] for this, after filtering out Wikipedia, is the Keats poem. Second is the place in Greece. I agree with Stemonitis that this is not so obvious as to be uncontroversial. older ≠ wiser 12:38, 12 August 2007 (UTC)