ου (ὁ) Kadmos (Cadmus) :
      1 c. Καδμῖλος, LYC. 219 ;
      2 fils du roi phénicien Agénor et fondateur de Thèbes, OD. 5, 333 ; HDT. 2, 145, etc. ; PLAT. Leg. 663 e, etc. ;
      3 tyran de Kos, HDT. 7, 163, 164.

Étym. pré-grec.

s. LGPN

ὁ, Cadmus, Od. 5.333, Hes. Th. 937, etc. ; — Adj. Καδμεῖος, α, ον, Ion. Καδμήϊος, η, ον, Cadmean, Hes. Th. 940, etc. ; — fem. Καδμηΐς, 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, the Cadmeans or ancient inhabitants of Thebes, Il. 4.388, Hes. Th. 326, Hdt. 5.57, etc. ; Καδμεία, ἡ, the citadel of Thebes, X. HG 6.3.11; 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 AP 5.178 (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.)