cadmia

English

Etymology

From Latin cadmia, ultimately from Ancient Greek Καδμεία (Kadmeía), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Doublet of calamine, calaminaris, and lapis calaminaris.

Noun

cadmia (uncountable)

1. (mineralogy, obsolete) Synonym of calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide.

References

• “cadmia”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Adamic

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: cadmias, cadmiât

Verb

cadmia

1. third-person singular past historic of cadmier

Italian

Verb

cadmia

1. inflection of cadmiare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek κᾰδμῐ́ᾱ (kadmíā), variant of Κᾰδμείᾱ (Kadmeíā), from Κάδμος (Kádmos, “Cadmus”) + -εια (-eia, “-ia: forming related substances”). Equivalent to Cadmus +‎ -ia.

Alternative forms

• cadmēa

Pronunciation

cadmīa

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kadˈmiː.a/, [käd̪ˈmiːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kadˈmi.a/, [käd̪ˈmiːä]

cadmĭa

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]

Noun

cadmī̆a f (genitive cadmī̆ae); first declension

1. (alchemy, chemistry) calamine, a pink form of zinc oxide formed as a byproduct during sublimation.
2. (metallurgy, figuratively) dross, any furnace slag

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	cadmī̆a	cadmī̆ae
genitive	cadmī̆ae	cadmī̆ārum
dative	cadmī̆ae	cadmī̆īs
accusative	cadmī̆am	cadmī̆ās
ablative	cadmī̆ā	cadmī̆īs
vocative	cadmī̆a	cadmī̆ae

Synonyms

• calamina, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris

Descendants

• English: cadmia
• Medieval Latin: calamina, calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
  • English: calaminaris, lapis calaminaris
  • French: calamine
    • English: calamine

References

• “cadmī̆a”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• 1 cadmēa (-mīa ou -mĭa) in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “235/2”

Etymology 2

Regularly conjugated forms of cadmium.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkad.mi.a/, [ˈkäd̪miä]

Noun

cadmia n

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cadmium

Romanian

Etymology

From cadmiu.

Verb

a cadmia (third-person singular present cadmiază, past participle cadmiat) 1st conjugation

1. to cover with cadmium

Conjugation

    conjugation of cadmia (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a cadmia
gerund			cadmiind
past participle			cadmiat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	cadmiez	cadmiezi	cadmiază	cadmiem	cadmiați	cadmiază
	imperfect	cadmiam	cadmiai	cadmia	cadmiam	cadmiați	cadmiau
	simple perfect	cadmiai	cadmiași	cadmie	cadmiarăm	cadmiarăți	cadmiară
	pluperfect	cadmiasem	cadmiaseși	cadmiase	cadmiaserăm	cadmiaserăți	cadmiaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să cadmiez	să cadmiezi	să cadmieze	să cadmiem	să cadmiați	să cadmieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		cadmiază			cadmiați
	negative		nu cadmia			nu cadmiați