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Adamas
adamas
adamas
Latin
Alternative forms
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, unyielding, inexorable.
 
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural | 
|---|---|---|
| nominative | adamās | adamantēs | 
| genitive | adamantis | adamantum | 
| dative | adamantī | adamantibus | 
| accusative | adamantem | adamantēs | 
| ablative | adamante | adamantibus | 
| vocative | adamās | adamantēs | 
Derived terms
- adamantēus
 - adamantinus
 
Descendants
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, 1883–1887)
 - Félix Gaffiot (1934), “adamas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
 - adamas in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers