adamas

See also: Adamas, adamás, adāmas, and adāmās

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, unconquerable, invincible), either from ἀ- (a-, not) + δαμνάω (damnáō, conquer) or of Semitic origin.

Pronunciation

Noun

adamās m (genitive adamantis); third declension

  1. Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant.
  2. Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting.
  3. (figuratively, of one's character) Hard, unyielding, inexorable.

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative adamās adamantēs
Genitive adamantis adamantum
Dative adamantī adamantibus
Accusative adamantem adamantēs
Ablative adamante adamantibus
Vocative adamās adamantēs

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • adamas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • adamas in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adamas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • adamas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • adamas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Compare adamant.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈadəmas/

Noun

adamas

  1. (rare) adamant, adamantine (valuable gemstone)
  2. (rare) A natural magnet; magnetite.

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Spanish

Verb

adamas

  1. Informal second-person singular () present indicative form of adamar.
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