Καδμῖλος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• Κᾰσμῖλος (Kasmîlos)
  • Sch.A.R. 1.917
  • 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Fr. 409
• Κάμιλλος (Kámillos)

Etymology

From Pre-Greek, potentially identical to Hattic 𒁹𒄩𒊭𒄠𒈪𒇷 (^mḫa-ša-am-mi-li /⁠Ḫašammili⁠/), from *Hatˢmilʸ, and potentially related to Κάδμος (Kádmos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kad.mîː.los/ → /kaðˈmi.los/ → /kaðˈmi.los/

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

Proper noun

Κᾰδμῖλος • (Kadmîlos) m (genitive Κᾰδμῑ́λου); second declension

(Greek mythology)

1. Name of one of the Cabeiri in Samothrace, son of Kabeiro and Hephaistos.
   • c. 6th century CE, Stephanus Byzantius, Ethnica
   • Hdn.Gr. 2.446
2. Name of a character identified with Hermes.
   • Hdn.Gr. 1.162
   • Sch.Lyc., 162

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ Κᾰδμῖλος; τοῦ Κᾰδμῑ́λου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ὁ Κᾰδμῖλος ho Kadmîlos
Genitive	τοῦ Κᾰδμῑ́λου toû Kadmī́lou
Dative	τῷ Κᾰδμῑ́λῳ tôi Kadmī́lōi
Accusative	τὸν Κᾰδμῖλον tòn Kadmîlon
Vocative	Κᾰδμῖλε Kadmîle
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: Camillus, camillus, casmilus

References

• “Καδμῖλος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press