Καδμεία
See also: καδμεία
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From Κᾰ́δμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”), probably ultimately from Proto-Semitic *q-d-m.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kad.měː.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /kadˈmi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /kaðˈmi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /kaðˈmi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /kaðˈmi.a/
Noun
Κᾰδμείᾱ • (Kadmeíā) f (genitive Κᾰδμείᾱς); first declension
- Cadmea
- (alchemy, chemistry) calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during zinc sublimation
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ Κᾰδμείᾱ hē Kadmeíā | ||||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς Κᾰδμείᾱς tês Kadmeíās | ||||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ Κᾰδμείᾳ têi Kadmeíāi | ||||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν Κᾰδμείᾱν tḕn Kadmeíān | ||||||||||||
| Vocative | Κᾰδμείᾱ Kadmeíā | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: Καδμεία (Kadmeía)
- Latin: Cadmēa, cadmea, cadmia, calamina, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
- English: cadmia, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
- French: calamine
- English: calamine
References
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
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