adamantinus
Latin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek ἀδαμάντινος (adamántinos).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.daˈman.ti.nus/, [äd̪äˈmän̪t̪ɪnʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.daˈman.ti.nus/, [äd̪äˈmän̪t̪inus]
Adjective
editadamantinus (feminine adamantina, neuter adamantinum); first/second-declension adjective
- adamantine (all senses)
- Synonym: adamantēus
- incorruptible, impregnable
- inflexible
Declension
editFirst/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | adamantinus | adamantina | adamantinum | adamantinī | adamantinae | adamantina | |
| Genitive | adamantinī | adamantinae | adamantinī | adamantinōrum | adamantinārum | adamantinōrum | |
| Dative | adamantinō | adamantinō | adamantinīs | ||||
| Accusative | adamantinum | adamantinam | adamantinum | adamantinōs | adamantinās | adamantina | |
| Ablative | adamantinō | adamantinā | adamantinō | adamantinīs | |||
| Vocative | adamantine | adamantina | adamantinum | adamantinī | adamantinae | adamantina | |
Descendants
edit- English: adamantine
- Italian: adamantino
References
edit- “adamantinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adamantinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- adamantinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.