Καδμεία

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Καδμεία πόλις, Θηβῶν ἀκρόπολις, ἀφ´ ἧς οἱ Θηβαῖοι Καδμεῖοι καὶ Καδμείωνες καὶ Καδμεῖαι, καὶ τὸ τεῖχος Καδμεία.

Cadmeia: a city, the acropolis of Thebes, from which the Thebans are called Cadmeians (Kadmeioi) and Cadmeiones and Cadmeiai; and the wall is (called) Cadmeia.

Commentary (1)

Cadmeians (Kadmeioi) and Cadmeiones and Cadmeiai

The Greek forms are Καδμεῖοι, Καδμείωνες, and Καδμείαι; the variety of ethnic forms is flattened in English.

AI-detected · wordplay etymology · confidence: high

Text Details

Entry	#6
Greek text	meineke
Edition ids	Meineke 346.4 · Billerbeck Κ6
OCR	gemini-constrained (gemini-3-flash-preview) on 2025-12-19
Word count	17
AI translation	legacy_scholarly v1 · gpt-5.2

Mentioned Entities

Entity	Details
Καδμεία	Cadmeia (Cadmea), the acropolis of Thebes · place · corrected · Q1276854
Θῆβαι	Thebes · place
Θηβαῖοι	Thebans · people
Καδμεῖοι	Cadmeians / Cadmeans (inhabitants named after Cadmus) · people
Καδμείωνες	Cadmeiones (variant ethnonym) · people
Καδμεῖαι	Cadmeiai (variant name/forms) · people
Καδμεῖον	(the) Cadmeian (wall) — the Cadmeian wall · place
Καδμεία	place · explicit · wikidata: Q1276854 · seeded_headword_alignment

Etymologies

Category	Explanation
Place Transfer	“from which (place) the Thebans (are called) Καβδεῖοι and (the personal names) Καβδεῖνος and Καβδεῖα, and the wall (is called) Καβδεῖον.” — i.e. various ethnics and names derive from the place Κάβαι.

Links

Place links	Cadmea of Thebes \| 📍 Map \| Pleiades
Page scans	e9783110219630_i0067.jpg
Review	Open review page

Translation Guidance

Kind	Rule	Guidance	Detection
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive PEOPLE) formula:0a6d211492d74a05	Translate as "a X of the Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Formula	X (SETTLEMENT) + Y (genitive REGION) formula:1040044f9f2bf616	Translate as "a X in Y" Domain: SPATIAL & PREDICATE STATEMENTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	ἄκρον τό gloss:e28240a1e2cb325b	cape (when on the coast, sgl.), headlands (when on the coast, plu.); peak (when inland) Domain: WATER BODIES/COASTS Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	πόλισμα τό * gloss:9651cd1c383eacc4	town Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence
Gloss	τεῖχος τό gloss:e184afb0551538f4	wall, fortification, barrier Domain: SETTLEMENTS/STRUCTURES Rule status: In progress	Matched · high confidence · 1 scan row · 1 occurrence

Text Details

Mentioned Entities

Etymologies

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Translation Guidance

Herodian overlaps