Καδμεία

See also: καδμεία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• κᾰδμείᾱ (kadmeíā), κᾰδμήᾱ (kadmḗā), κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kadmíā)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kad.měː.aː/ → /kaðˈmi.a/ → /kaðˈmi.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kad.měː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /kadˈmi.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /kaðˈmi.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /kaðˈmi.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /kaðˈmi.a/

Noun

Κᾰδμείᾱ • (Kadmeíā) 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 Kadmeíā
Genitive	τῆς Κᾰδμείᾱς tês Kadmeíās
Dative	τῇ Κᾰδμείᾳ têi Kadmeíāi
Accusative	τὴν Κᾰδμείᾱν tḕn Kadmeíān
Vocative	Κᾰδμείᾱ Kadmeíā
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: Καδμεία (Kadmeía)
• Latin: Cadmēa, cadmea, cadmia, calamina, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
  • English: cadmia, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
  • French: calamine
    • English: calamine

References

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