adamas

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See also: Adamas, adamás, adāmas, and adāmās

Latin

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable.

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

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

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  • 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

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /adəˈmaːs/, /ˈadəmas/

Noun

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adamas

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

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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adamas m animacy unattested

  1. Middle Polish form of adamant (diamond)

Declension

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Spanish

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Verb

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adamas

  1. second-person singular present indicative of adamar