Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek Ῥαδάμανθυς ‎(Rhadámanthus, “name of a son of Zeus and Europa, one of the three judges of the dead”) The name is pre-Greek, of unknown meaning, possibly of Phoenician origin.

Proper noun

Rhadamanthus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hyacinthaceae – renamed as Drimia.

See also

• Drimia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Drimia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Noun

Rhadamanthus ‎(plural Rhadamanthuses)

1. (Greek mythology) One of the three judges of the infernal regions.
2. (figuratively) A strict and just judge.
   • 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House

     It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave, to have it down inexorably and silence it.

Derived terms

• Rhadamanthine