Cadmean
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of Cadmean
1595–1605; < Latin Cadmē ( us ) (< Greek Kadmeîos of Cadmus ) + -an
Example Sentences
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Of the two great centres of legends, Thebes with its Cadmean population figures as a military stronghold, and Orchomenus, the home of the Minyae, as an enterprising commercial city.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1 "Bisharin" to "Bohea" by Various
Ye Cadmean Bacchants, ye have accomplished a glorious victory, illustrious, yet for woe and tears.
From The Tragedies of Euripides, Volume I. by Euripides
If not blind, they were usually profound strangers to the Cadmean mystery.
From Bricks Without Straw by Tourgée, Albion Winegar
It would be a Cadmean victory in which the victor would suffer as much as the vanquished.
From How to be Happy Though Married Being a Handbook to Marriage by Hardy, Edward John
Cadmean, kad-mē′an, adj. relating to Cadmus, who introduced the original Greek alphabet.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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