Kadmilus
Kadmilus (Καδμῖλος), or Kasmilos, is one of the Cabeiri who was usually depicted as a young boy. The name Kadmilus was linked even in antiquity to Camillus, an old Latin word for a boy-attendant in a cult, likely a loan from the Etruscan language, which may be related to Lemnian. According to Beekes, the name Kadmilus may be of pre-Greek origin, as seems to be the case with the name Cadmus.
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“The name of the Cabeiri recalls Mount Kabeiros, a mountain in the region of Berekyntia in Asia Minor, closely associated with the Phrygian Mother Goddess. The name of Kadmilus (Καδμῖλος), or Kasmilos, one of the Cabeiri who was usually depicted as a young boy, was linked even in antiquity to Camillus, an old Latin word for a boy-attendant in a cult, likely a loan from the Etruscan language, which may be related to Lemnian. However, according to Beekes, the name Kadmilus may be of pre-Greek origi”
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