2006-12-04 04:03:47 · 8 answers · asked by Lauren V 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Mythology & Folklore
I believe it would be 'Lamia', which also means witch. (I'm not certain)
2006-12-04 04:21:14 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Vampire" wasn't a concept really known in clasical or medieval Latin. In fact, up till about the 18th century, the story of vampires was pretty much unknown outside of Eastern Europe. The word vampire comes, according to the Online Etymological Dictionary:
"from Fr. vampire or Ger. Vampir (1732, in an account of Hungarian vampires), from Hung. vampir, from O.C.S. opiri (cf. Serb. vampir, Bulg. vapir, Ukrainian uper), said by Slavic linguist Franc MikloÅ¡iÄ to be ult. from Kazan Tatar ubyr "witch." An Eastern European creature popularized in Eng. by late 19c. gothic novels, however there are scattered Eng. accounts of night-walking, blood-gorged, plague-spreading undead corpses from as far back as 1196."
Now, you might well have to Latinize the Slavic word to achieve the concept, sort of like how the Romans didn't have butter so when referring to butter in Latin, you have to borrow from Greek, "butyros." Given the modern Italian word (Vampiro), "Uampirus" or, if it's a girl-vampire, "Uampira" would probably be what you'd use.
2006-12-04 17:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by KdS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lamia, or maybe incubus and succubus (technically, they're witch or demon-types, but I guess they could suck your blood, too.)
Incubus means "lay over"--it's a male demon that lies on top of a woman for sexual purposes. It's sometimes applied to vampires if they're into sex.
Succubus means "lay under"--female demon lover. Again, vampirism could be involved.
It would be "chupasangre" in Spanish--"chupa" for "it sucks" and "sangre" for "blood." Maybe it would be something similar in Latin.
2006-12-04 17:33:57 · answer #3 · answered by SlowClap 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-12-04 14:30:41 · answer #4 · answered by MustangGT 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Lamia is indeed the only thing that comes to my mind.
2006-12-04 15:16:06 · answer #5 · answered by saehli 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
EDIT:
Well after all my searches i came up with the same as everyone else Lamia.
2006-12-04 13:55:15 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lamia is the best that can be done.
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2006-12-04 15:10:19 · answer #7 · answered by dedum 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
according to my Latin teacher it is something like 'sanguino' but it means rather something like 'bloodsucker'
2006-12-05 12:13:29 · answer #8 · answered by pearlblood 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋