Cadmean

[ kad-mee-uhn ]

adjective

1. of, relating to, or like Cadmus.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Cadmean¹

1595–1605; < Latin Cadmē ( us ) (< Greek Kadmeîos of Cadmus ) + -an

Example Sentences

Tony Cadmean, a partner in Aerial MOB of San Diego, predicted drones will fundamentally change moviemaking, providing directors with the ability to get shots they could never get before and making films more dynamic.

From Seattle Times

Tony Cadmean, a partner in Aerial MOB of San Diego, predicted drones will fundamentally change moviemaking, providing directors with the ability to get shots they could never get before and making films more dynamic.

From Seattle Times

All victories in war are Cadmean; not only from their cost in blood and treasure, but because we are in very truth “the members of one body,” “redeemed with Christ’s blood.”

From Project Gutenberg

Yet he who thought he ought to have a Cadmean victory, carried on his conquest.

From Project Gutenberg

Cadmean, kad-mē′an, adj. relating to Cadmus, who introduced the original Greek alphabet.

From Project Gutenberg