La'mia
a family of the Aelia gens, which claimed a high antiquity, and pretended to be descended from the mythical hero, Lamus. [LAMUS.] No member of this family is, however, mentioned till the end of the republic, but it was reckoned under the empire one of the noblest families in Rome. (
Hor. Carm. 3.17;
Juv. 4.154,
6.385.)