cadmean Meaning, Definition & Usage

L. Cadmeus, Gr. , from (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 -- , , , , , , , , , , , , , , . These are called Cadmean letters.