adamas
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), either from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμνάω (damnáō, “conquer”) or of Semitic origin.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.da.maːs/, [ˈäd̪ämäːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈa.da.mas/, [ˈäːd̪ämäs]
Noun edit
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 edit
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 edit
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References edit
- “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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Compare adamant.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
adamas
References edit
- “adamas, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-11.
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Middle Polish) IPA(key): /aˈda.mas/
Noun edit
adamas m animacy unattested
- Middle Polish form of adamant (“diamond”)
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adamas