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Cadmean
Cad-me′an
(kăd-mē′an)
, Adj.
[L.
Cadmeus
, Gr. Καδμεῖος
, from Κάδμοσ
(L. Cadmus
), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem
east.] Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet – α, β, γ, δ, ε, ι, κ, λ, μ, ν, ο, π, ρ, σ, τ, υ. These are called
Cadmean
letters.