ἀδάμας
See also: αδάμας
Ancient Greek
editEtymology
editOften derived from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμνάω (damnáō, “conquer”), as “indomitable”, but Beekes remarks that semantically this is strange and the word is rather a Semitic borrowing that was adapted by folk etymology; compare Akkadian 𒀀𒁕𒈬 (adamu) or 𒋤𒉘 (elmēšu [SUD.ÁG], “a valuable stone, perhaps amber”). Middle Persian ʾlmʾs (almās) is probably from the same source.
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.dá.maːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈda.mas/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈða.mas/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈða.mas/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈða.mas/
Noun
editἀδᾰ́μᾱς • (adámās) m (genitive ἀδᾰ́μᾰντος); third declension
Declension
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱς ho adámās |
τὼ ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε tṑ adámante |
οἱ ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντες hoi adámantes | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντος toû adámantos |
τοῖν ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντοιν toîn adamántoin |
τῶν ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντων tôn adamántōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντῐ tôi adámanti |
τοῖν ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντοιν toîn adamántoin |
τοῖς ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱσῐ / ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱσῐν toîs adámāsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντᾰ tòn adámanta |
τὼ ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε tṑ adámante |
τοὺς ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντᾰς toùs adámantas | ||||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰν adáman |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε adámante |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντες adámantes | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἀδαμάντινος (adamántinos)
Descendants
edit- → Latin: adamās
- → Old Armenian: ադամանդ (adamand)
- → Old Georgian: ანდამატიაჲ (andamaṭiay), ადამანტი (adamanṭi), ადამატი (adamaṭi), ადამაჲ (adamay)
- Georgian: ანდამატი (andamaṭi)
Adjective
editἀδάμᾱς • (adámās) m or f (neuter ἀδάμαν); third declension
- (figuratively) fixed, unalterable
- not to be broken, inflexible
Declension
editNumber | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱς adámās |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰν adáman |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε adámante |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε adámante |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντες adámantes |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντᾰ adámanta | ||||||||
Genitive | ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντος adámantos |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντος adámantos |
ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντοιν adamántoin |
ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντοιν adamántoin |
ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντων adamántōn |
ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντων adamántōn | ||||||||
Dative | ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντῐ adámanti |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντῐ adámanti |
ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντοιν adamántoin |
ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντοιν adamántoin |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱσῐ / ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱσῐν adámāsi(n) |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱσῐ / ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱσῐν adámāsi(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντᾰ adámanta |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰν adáman |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε adámante |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε adámante |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντᾰς adámantas |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντᾰ adámanta | ||||||||
Vocative | ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾱς adámās |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰν adáman |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε adámante |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντε adámante |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντες adámantes |
ᾰ̓δᾰ́μᾰντᾰ adámanta | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ᾰ̓δᾰμᾰ́ντως adamántōs |
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References
edit- “ἀδάμας”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἀδάμας”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἀδάμας in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἀδάμας in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἀδάμας”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- ἀδάμας in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- adamant idem, page 10.
- Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), volume I, with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 19
- Skok, Petar (1971) “adàmanat”, in Etimologijski rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika [Etymological Dictionary of the Croatian or Serbian Language] (in Serbo-Croatian), volumes 1 (A – J), Zagreb: JAZU, page 8