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|Full diacritics=Κάδμος
|Medium diacritics=Κάδμος
|Low diacritics=Κάδμος
|Capitals=ΚΑΔΜΟΣ
|Transliteration A=Kádmos
|Transliteration B=Kadmos
|Transliteration C=Kadmos
|Beta Code=*ka/dmos
|Definition=ὁ, <span class="title">Cadmus</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.5.333</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>937</span>, etc.:—Adj. Καδμεῖος, α, ον, lon. Καδμήιος, η, ον, <span class="title">Cadmean</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>940</span>, etc.:—fem. Καδμηίς, ίδος, ἡ, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Bacch.</span>57</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>162</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.12</span>, prob. in <span class="title">Trag.Adesp.</span>177:—poet. Καδμέϊος, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">I.</span>3(4).71</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>1115</span> (lyr.): <b class="b3">Καδμεῖοι, οἱ</b>, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">the Cadmeans</b> or <b class="b2">ancient inhabitants of Thebes</b>, <span class="bibl">Il.4.388</span>, <span class="bibl">Hes. <span class="title">Th.</span>326</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.57</span>, etc.: <b class="b3">Καδμεία, ἡ</b>, <b class="b2">the citadel of Thebes</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.3.11</span>; also, Pythag. name for <b class="b2">eight</b>, Theol.Ar.54: prov., <b class="b3">Κ. νίκη</b> a victory involving one's own ruin (from the story of the <b class="b3">Σπαρτοί</b>, or that of Polynices and Eteocles), <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.166</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>641c</span>, Plu.2.488a, Suid. (but = a <b class="b2">great</b> victory, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>21</span> J.); so Κ. κράτος <span class="title">AP</span>5.178 (Mel.): metaph., Κ. παιδεία Pl. l.c.; <b class="b3">Κ. γράμματα</b> the alphabet, supposed to have been brought by K. from Phoenicia, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.59</span>. (The spelling <b class="b3">Κάσσμος</b> is found on a vase of Rhegium, Roscher <b class="b2">Lex.d.Gr.u.Röm.Myth</b>.<span class="bibl">2(1).842</span>.)</span>
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|lstext='''Κάδμος''': ὁ, Ὀδ. Ε. 353, Ἡσ. Θ. 937, κτλ.· υἱὸς τοῦ τῆς Φοινίκης βασιλέως Ἀγήνορος, ἀδελφὸς δὲ τῆς Εὐρώπης, θεμελιωτὴς τῶν ἐν Βοιωτίᾳ Θηβῶν· - ἡ [[διήγησις]] αὕτη [[εἶναι]] τῶν μεθ’ Ὅμηρον χρόνων, [[διότι]] κατὰ τὰ ἐν Ὀδ. Λ. 262 ὁ Ἀμφίων καὶ ὁ Ζῆθος ἦσαν οἱ κτίτορες αὐτῆς. Ὁ [[Κάδμος]] λέγεται ὅτι ἤνεγκεν ἐκ Φοινίκης τὸ παλαιὸν Ἑλληνικὸν ἀλφάβητον ἐκ δεκαὲξ γραμμάτων, [[ὁπόθεν]] [[ταῦτα]] ἐκλήθησαν Καδμήϊα ἢ Φοινικήϊα γράμματα (Ἡρόδ. 5. 58, 59)· [[ταῦτα]] βραδύτερον ηὐξήθησαν τῇ προσθήκῃ ἄλλων ὀκτὼ γραμμάτων καλουμὲνων Ἰωνικῶν, η ω θ φ χ ζ ξ ψ· πρβλ. Wolf Προλεγ. σ. li κἑξ. ([[Κάδμος]] πιθαν. = τῷ: ὁ ἐξ Ἀνατολῶν [[ἄνθρωπος]], πρβλ. τὸ Ἑβρ. Qedem = Ἀνατολή).
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|btext=ου (ὁ) :<br />Cadmos, <i>fondateur de Thèbes</i>.<br />'''Étymologie:''' pê de [[κατά]] et [[δάμνημι]], litt. « le dompteur, le vainqueur » -- DELG aucune étym. assurée, que ce soit du grec [[κέκασμαι]] ou par emprunt.
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|auten=[[Cadmus]], the [[founder]] of [[Thebes]], [[father]] of [[Ino]], Od. 5.333†.
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{{Slater
|sltr=[[Κάδμος]] <br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b> [[son]] of [[Agenor]], [[husband]] of [[Harmonia]], [[founder]] of [[Thebes]], [[father]] of [[Semele]], [[Ino]], [[Autonoe]], Agaue ( (P. 3.97) ), [[ancestor]] of [[Theron]] of Akragas (fr. 119.) εὐθρόνοις Κάδμοιο κούραις (O. 2.23) [[Πηλεύς]] τε καὶ [[Κάδμος]] ἐν τοῖσιν ἀλέγονται sc. [[among]] those [[who]] [[live]] in the isles of the [[blessed]] (O. 2.78) αἰὼν δ' ἀσφαλὴς [[οὐκ]] ἔγεντ οὔτ Αἰακίδᾳ παρὰ Πηλεῖ [[οὔτε]] παῤ ἀντιθέῳ Κάδμῳ (P. 3.88) “ἐν Κάδμου πύλαις” (P. 8.47) Κάδμου κόραι, Σεμέλα μὲν, Ἰνὼ δὲ (P. 11.1) [[ἐπεὶ]] στεφάνους ἓξ ὤπασεν Κάδμου στρατῷ ἐξ ἀέθλων i. e. to the Thebans (I. 1.11) παρ' εὐτειχέσιν Κάδμου πύλαις (I. 6.75) ἢ Κάδμον ἢ Σπαρτῶν ἱερὸν [[γένος]] [[ἀνδρῶν]] fr. 29. 2. Κάδμου στρατὸν καὶ Ζεάθου πόλιν (Pae. 9.44) [[ἔνθα]] ποθ' Ἁρμονίαν [[φάμα]] γα[ ] Κάδμον ὑψη[λαῖ]ς [[πραπίδες]][σι [[λαχεῖν]] (supp. Bury: γα[μέταν] supp. Housman) Δ. 2. 28.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b> [[son]] of Skythes, [[tyrant]] of Kos in the [[early]] 5th [[century]], [[ambassador]] 481 B. C. of Gelon to [[Delphi]] (Herodot 7. 163.): [[test]]., Vita Pind. Ambros., 1. 3. 2 Dr., καὶ γὰρ [[Σιμωνίδης]] τὴν ἐν Σαλαμῖνι ναυμαχίαν γέγραφε καὶ Πίνδαρος μέμνηται τῆς Κάδμου βασιλείας (locus a multis varie temptatus) fr. 272.
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