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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κᾰδμήᾱ (kadmḗā), q.v. Equivalent to Cadmus + -ea.
Pronunciation
Noun
cadmēa f (genitive cadmēae); first declension
- Alternative form of cadmī̆a, calamine
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “cadmē̆a”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- 1 cadmēa (-mīa ou -mĭa) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “235/2”
- “cadmea”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia
- “cadmea”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers