adamas
See also: Adamas, adamás, adāmas, and adāmās
Latin
Alternative forms
- adamāns
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]
- (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.
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
- adamantēus
- adamantinus
Descendants
- → Albanian: adham
- → English: adamant, diamond (via Old French)
- → Irish: adhmaint
- Istriot: giamanto
- Italian: adamante
- Portuguese: adamante, diamante, ímã
- Sicilian: damanti, diamanti
- Spanish: adamante, diamante, imán
- ⇒ Vulgar Latin: *adimas, *adimantem, *diamas, *diamantem
- Catalan: imant, diamant (via French)
- Old French: aimant, diamant
- French: aimant, diamant (see there for further descendants)
- Italian: diamante
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
- adames
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin adamās, from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas). Compare adamant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈadəmas/
Noun
adamas
- (rare) adamant, adamantine (valuable gemstone)
- (rare) a natural magnet; magnetite
References
- “adamas, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-11.
Polish
Noun
adamas m
- Middle Polish form of adamant (“diamond”).
Declension
Attested forms of adamas
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adamas | — |
| genitive | — | — |
| dative | — | — |
| accusative | adamas | — |
| instrumental | — | — |
| locative | — | — |
| vocative | — | — |
Spanish
Verb
adamas
- second-person singular present indicative of adamar