κάδμος δόρυ

Grammatical information: m.

Meaning: name of a hero, the founder of Thebes (Od.)

Other forms: \/ Κασσμος (vase Rhegium).

Derivatives: Καδμεῖος, Καδμήιος (Hes.) adj.; Καδμεία `the hill of Thebes' (X.); Καδμειῶνες `the inhabitants of Thebes' (Il.); καδμεία (γῆ) `cadmia, calamine' (Dsc.).

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: The connection with κέκασμαι is certainly wrong. The name is found for a river in Thesprotia and for a mountain and a river in Caria So the word is without a doubt a Pre-Greek word, of unknown meaning (Beekes, Mnemosyne 42 (2004)465ff. and Kadmos, 43(2005)172f. This is confirmed by the name Καδμἶλος which has a suffix - ιλ- which is well known in Anatolia. The structure of the name agrees with that of Πάτμος, Λάτμος, Λάκμος. The gloss κάδμος δόρυ, λόφος, ἀσπίς H. finds no support. Cf. on Καδμῖλος.

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κάδμος· δόρυ, λόφος, ἀσπίς (Cret.), Hsch.

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `surpass, excel' (Il.); on - σμ- from - δμ- Schwyzer 208 and 773.

Other forms: ( ἐ)κέκαστο, κεκαδμένος (Pi. O. 1, 27)

Derivatives: κάδμος δόρυ, λόφος, ἀσπίς. Κρῆτες H. (i. e. "equipment?"; c. Bechtel Dial. 2, 787). On PN Κάδμος s.v.; Κάστωρ s. v.; Καστι-άνειρα (Θ 305).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [516] *ḱend- [not ḱad-] `excel'

Etymology: A synonymous perf. act. in Skt. in śāśadúḥ, ptc. śā́śadāna- `excel'. Quite uncertain is connection with MIr. cā(i)d `holy', Gaul. caddos `sanctus'; not here Lat. Camēnae, s. W.-Hofmann s. v. - To κέκασμαι a present καίνυμαι was created analogically, s. v. - The root could be καδ- \< *ḱend- in the Sanskrit form (García Ramón, Mykenaïka, BCH Suppl. 25 (1992) 239-255; or it was κασ- \< *km̥s-, Heubeck BNF 8 (1957) 274-277. (The gloss on κάδμος seems quite unreliable. The proper names are also quite unclear.)

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