How do you use Cadmus in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Cadmus in a sentence
Cadmus meaning
- A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet.
- An unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States.
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Using Cadmus
- The main meaning on this page is: A Phoenician prince, son of king Agenor of Tyre. Was sent by his royal parents to seek and return his sister Europa after being abducted from Phoenicia by Zeus. Credited with founding Greek city of Thebes and inventing Greek alphabet. | An unincorporated community in Linn County, Kansas, United States.
- Possible Dutch translations are: kadmos.
- In the example corpus, cadmus often appears in combinations such as: of cadmus, cadmus wilcox.
Context around Cadmus
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 3 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 13 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cadmus
- In this selection, "cadmus" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 25.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, chief, gen, founder, dalorme, wilcox and harmonized stand out and add context to how "cadmus" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include brig gen cadmus m wilcox and cadmus called on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cadmus" sits close to words such as aami, abada and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cadmus
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
In this way, Cadmus harmonized all strife and founded the city of Thebes. (13 words)
Brig. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox 's division arrived last and was placed into reserve. (14 words)
Next, Jason had to sow the teeth of a dragon in the ploughed field (compare the myth of Cadmus ). (19 words)
Both he and Grant were unaware that when Lee had moved units to the Po, he had left only Cadmus Wilcox 's Confederate division to defend that avenue of approach and that there was a large gap between Wilcox and Ewell. (41 words)
There is also, in some versions, reference to an episode where Heracles met and impregnated a half-serpentine woman, known as Echidna ; her children, known as the Dracontidae, were the ancestors of the House of Cadmus. (36 words)
By contrast, the season 2 finale resolved most of the season's major storylines and saw Deathstroke defeated and the newly born Conner (aka Superboy) freed from the clutches of Cadmus. (31 words)
Example sentences (13)
Cadmus called on the management of the University of Ibadan to overhaul its systems to encourage serious research and academic excellence in the institution.
Cowessess Chief Cadmus Dalorme, said the return to school plan was developed based on information from a parent/caregiver survey carried out in July.
By contrast, the season 2 finale resolved most of the season's major storylines and saw Deathstroke defeated and the newly born Conner (aka Superboy) freed from the clutches of Cadmus.
Both he and Grant were unaware that when Lee had moved units to the Po, he had left only Cadmus Wilcox 's Confederate division to defend that avenue of approach and that there was a large gap between Wilcox and Ewell.
Brig. Gen. Cadmus M. Wilcox 's division arrived last and was placed into reserve.
But according to the story of one of the priests this temple is sacred to Europa, the sister of Cadmus.
In fighting and killing the snake, the companions of the founder Cadmus all perished - leading to the term " Cadmean victory " (i.e. a victory involving one's own ruin).
In this way, Cadmus harmonized all strife and founded the city of Thebes.
It is later revealed that Lex had set up the assassination attempts with Ra's al Ghul in order to further the agenda of The Light ( Project Cadmus ' Board of Directors).
Luthor then manipulates Superboy into releasing the other Superman clone so that the locations of Cadmus' missing Genomorphs could be located.
Next, Jason had to sow the teeth of a dragon in the ploughed field (compare the myth of Cadmus ).
There is also, in some versions, reference to an episode where Heracles met and impregnated a half-serpentine woman, known as Echidna ; her children, known as the Dracontidae, were the ancestors of the House of Cadmus.
Though his story titled "Dragon's teeth" is largely about Cadmus, it begins with an elaborate albeit toned down version of Europa's abduction by the beautiful bull.
Common combinations with cadmus
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of cadmus 4×
- cadmus wilcox 2×