Rhadamanthus

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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ῥαδάμανθυς (Rhadámanthus, “a son of Zeus and Europa, one of the three judges of the dead”) The name is pre-Greek, of unknown meaning, possibly of Phoenician origin.

Proper noun

Rhadamanthus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyacinthaceae – renamed as Drimia.
  2. (astronomy) A planetoid and cubewano orbiting in the Kuiper belt.
    Synonym: 38083 Rhadamanthus

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Etymology

Latin, from Ancient Greek Ῥαδάμανθυς (Rhadámanthus).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌɹæ.dəˈmæn.θəs/

Proper noun

Rhadamanthus

  1. (Greek mythology) A king of Crete, one of the three judges in Hades.
    Coordinate terms: Aeacus, Minos

Noun

Rhadamanthus (plural Rhadamanthuses)

  1. (figuratively) A strict and just judge.
    • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
      It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave, to have it down inexorably and silence it.
    • 1872 September – 1873 July, Thomas Hardy, chapter XVIII, in A Pair of Blue Eyes. A Novel. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley Brothers, […], published 1873, OCLC 654408324:
      Nothing is now heard but the ticking of a quaint old timepiece on the summit of a bookcase. Ten minutes pass; he captures her knight; she takes his knight, and looks a very Rhadamanthus.

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