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

It would be a Cadmean victory in which the victor would suffer as much as the vanquished.

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The Cadmean magic has passed from the hands of hierophants into those of the people.

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Altogether, perhaps, in some way or other, seven-eighths of the life of man is taken up by the Cadmean Art.

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

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He was everywhere defeated, or his victories were Cadmean, as disastrous as defeats.

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