"Cadmus" meaning in Latin

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Proper name

Forms: Cadme [singular, vocative], Cadmum [singular, accusative], Cadmī [singular, genitive], Cadmō [singular, dative], Cadmō [singular, ablative]
  1. Cadmus, fils d’Agénor, frère d’Europe, de Phénix et de Cilix, fondateur légendaire de la cité de Thèbes. Il est l’importateur, en Grèce, de l’alphabet phénicien → voir cadméen.
    Sense id: fr-Cadmus-la-name-Ub6XFSUg Categories (other): Exemples en français, Lexique en latin de la mythologie grecque
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: Cadmeus, Cadmeius, Cadmeis
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