Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

Καδμεῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: Καδμεῖος Καδμεῖη Καδμεῖον

Structure: Καδμει (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. Cadmean, the Cadmeans or ancient inhabitants of Thebes, the citadel of Thebes

Examples

  • ἐν δ’ ὁ πυρφόροσ θεὸσ σκήψασ ἐλαύνει, λοιμὸσ ἔχθιστοσ, πόλιν, ὑφ’ οὗ κενοῦται δῶμα Καδμεῖον, μέλασ δ’ Αἵδησ στεναγμοῖσ καὶ γόοισ πλουτίζεται. (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 2:5)
  • ὅσ γ’ ἐξέλυσασ ἄστυ Καδμεῖον μολὼν σκληρᾶσ ἀοιδοῦ δασμὸν ὃν παρείχομεν, καὶ ταῦθ’ ὑφ’ ἡμῶν οὐδὲν ἐξειδὼσ πλέον οὐδ’ ἐκδιδαχθείσ, ἀλλὰ προσθήκῃ θεοῦ λέγει νομίζει θ’ ἡμὶν ὀρθῶσαι βίον· (Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus, episode 2:7)
  • καίτοι Καδμεῖον κράτοσ οἴσομεν, εἴ σε πάροικον ψυχῇ συζεύξω, λύγκα παρ’ αἰπολίοισ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 179 1:2)

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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