Κάδμος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, Cadmus, Od.5.333, Hes.Th.937, etc.:—Adj. Καδμεῖος, α, ον, lon. Καδμήιος, η, ον, Cadmean, Hes.Th.940, etc.:—fem. Καδμηίς, ίδος, ἡ, h.Bacch.57, Hes.Op.162, Th.1.12, prob. in Trag.Adesp.177:—poet. Καδμέϊος, Pi.I.3(4).71, S.Ant.1115 (lyr.): Καδμεῖοι, οἱ,

   A the Cadmeans or ancient inhabitants of Thebes, Il.4.388, Hes. Th.326, Hdt.5.57, etc.: Καδμεία, ἡ, the citadel of Thebes, X.HG6.3.11; also, Pythag. name for eight, Theol.Ar.54: prov., Κ. νίκη a victory involving one's own ruin (from the story of the Σπαρτοί, or that of Polynices and Eteocles), Hdt.1.166, cf. Pl.Lg.641c, Plu.2.488a, Suid. (but = a great victory, Arr.Fr.21 J.); so Κ. κράτος AP5.178 (Mel.): metaph., Κ. παιδεία Pl. l.c.; Κ. γράμματα the alphabet, supposed to have been brought by K. from Phoenicia, Hdt.5.59. (The spelling Κάσσμος is found on a vase of Rhegium, Roscher Lex.d.Gr.u.Röm.Myth.2(1).842.)