adjective
or cad·mae·an (ˈ)kad|mēən, ˈkad_m-
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Latin Cadme us (from Gk. Kadmeios, from Kadmos Cadmus, mythical founder of Thebes and introducer of the alphabet from Phoenicia into Greece) + English -an
: of, relating to, associated with, or derived from Cadmus