adamas
Latin
    
    Alternative forms
    
Etymology
    
From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), either from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμνάω (damnáō, “conquer”) or of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation
    
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.da.maːs/, [ˈäd̪ämäːs̠]
 - (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.da.mas/, [ˈäːd̪ämäs]
 
Noun
    
adamās m (genitive adamantis); third declension
- Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant.
 - Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting.
 - (figuratively, of one's character) Hard, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable.
 
Declension
    
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adamās | adamantēs | 
| Genitive | adamantis | adamantum | 
| Dative | adamantī | adamantibus | 
| Accusative | adamantem | adamantēs | 
| Ablative | adamante | adamantibus | 
| Vocative | adamās | adamantēs | 
adamanta: Greek accusative
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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 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
    
Learned borrowing from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Compare adamant.
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /adəˈmaːs/, /ˈadəmas/
 
References
    
- “adamas, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-11.
 
Polish
    
    Pronunciation
    
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /aˈda.mas/
 
Spanish
    
    
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