cadmeis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cadmea, cadmeae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Pliny
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
zinc oxide, calamine; dross/slag formed in a furnace (L+S); citadel of Thebes;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- L
Oedipus
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...specum, emicat uasto fragore maior humano sonus: 'mitia Cadmeis remeabunt sidera Thebis, si profugus Dircen Ismenida liquerit hospes..." - L
Hercules [Oetaeus]
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...aras et uirgineos celebrare choros, nos Cadmeis orgia ferre tecum solitae condita cistis, cum iam pulso sidere brumae..." 
Liber Septimus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...magis, everso iacias dum semina campo, ac tibi Cadmei dum dentibus exeat hydri miles et armata florescant pube..."Liber Sextus
Gaius Valerius Flaccus from ARGONAVTICA
"...Minyas ne iungere Marte peracto monstra satis iubeat Cadmei dentibus hydri ante diem, timet et varias circumspicit artes..."