rhadamanthus

3 definitions found

rhadamanthus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Rhadamanthus \Rhad`a*man"thus\, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. ???.]
     (Greek Mythol.)
     One of the three judges of the infernal regions;
     figuratively, a strictly just judge.
     [1913 Webster]

rhadamanthus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Rhadamanthus
      n 1: (Greek mythology) a judge of the dead in the underworld

rhadamanthus - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "Rhadamanthus":
     Aeacus, Aides, Aidoneus, Astraea, Cerberus, Charon, Cora, Despoina,
     Dike, Dis, Dis pater, Erebus, Hades, Hel, Jupiter Fidius, Justice,
     Justitia, Kore, Loki, Minos, Nemesis, Orcus, Osiris, Persephassa,
     Persephone, Pluto, Pontius Pilate, Proserpina, Proserpine, Satan,
     Solomon, Themis, blindfolded Justice