Καδμεία

See also: καδμεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Κᾰ́δμος (Kắdmos, “Cadmus”) +‎ -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”), probably ultimately from Proto-Semitic *q-d-m.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

Κᾰδμείᾱ • (Kădmeíā) f (genitive Κᾰδμείᾱς); first declension

  1. Cadmea
  2. (alchemy, chemistry) calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during zinc sublimation

Inflection

First declension of ἡ Κᾰδμείᾱ; τῆς Κᾰδμείᾱς (Attic)
Case / # Singular
Nominative ἡ Κᾰδμείᾱ
hē Kădmeíā
Genitive τῆς Κᾰδμείᾱς
tês Kădmeíās
Dative τῇ Κᾰδμείᾳ
tēî Kădmeíāi
Accusative τὴν Κᾰδμείᾱν
tḕn Kădmeíān
Vocative Κᾰδμείᾱ
Kădmeíā
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

References

  • Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,004
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