Rhadamanthus
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "polytonic" is not valid. See WT:LOS. The name is pre-Greek, of unknown meaning, possibly of Phoenician origin.
Proper noun
Rhadamanthus m
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hyacinthaceae – renamed as Drimia.
References
- Drimia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Drimia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Drimia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Latin, from Ancient Greek Ῥαδάμανθυς (Rhadámanthus).
Pronunciation
Noun
Rhadamanthus (plural Rhadamanthuses)
- (Greek mythology) One of the three judges of the infernal regions.
- (figuratively) A strict and just judge.
- 1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House:
- It was in vain to be a Rhadamanthus with the bells, and if an unfortunate bell rang without leave, to have it down inexorably and silence it.
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