Etymology

Cadmus

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Today it means: A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet. Full definition →

Latin Cadmus ← Ancient Greek Κάδμος
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Cadmus · proper noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromΚάδμος
  2. Latin · derived fromCadmus
  3. English todayCadmus

Via Latin Cadmus, from Ancient Greek Κάδμος (Kádmos).

Cadmus · proper noun2

Uncertain.

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