Rhadamanthus
pronunciation
How to pronounce Rhadamanthus in British English:
UK [ˌrædəˈmænθəs]
How to pronounce Rhadamanthus in American English:
US [ˌrædəˈmænθəs]
Word Origin
- Rhadamanthus (n.)
- 1580s, from Latinized form of Greek Rhadamanthos, one of the judges of the lower world (son of Zeus and Europa); used allusively of inflexible judges. Related: Rhadamantine.
Example
- 1. A phoenician princess abducted to crete by zeus , who had assumed the form of a white bull , and by him the mother of minos , rhadamanthus , and sarpedon .
- 2. " Europa : a phoenician princess abducted to crete by zeus , who had assumed the form of a white bull , and by him the mother of minos , rhadamanthus , and sarpedon . "