LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
proper noun · masculineindeclinable, variously declined, first declension

Ādām

Ādām m (genitive Ādām or Ādae)
Classical[ˈaː.dãː]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.dam]

Meaning

  1. indeclinableAdam
    Heu! Publicus luctus hominum, universalis planctus filiorum Adae!Alas for the common woe of man, the universal sorrow of the children of Adam!1078, Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion seu Alloquium de Dei existentia:
  2. indeclinablea male given name, equivalent to English Adam

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeĀdāmĀdae
genitiveĀdām
Ādae
Ādārum
dativeĀdām
Ādae
Ādīs
accusativeĀdāmĀdās
ablativeĀdām
Ādā
Ādīs
vocativeĀdāmĀdae

Ā^dam, indecl. m., Charis. 94 P., or
I. gen. Adae, also ā^dāmus, i, , Adam (A common in quantity, cf. Prud. Apoth. 759 and 1078, with Aus. Idyll. 1, 14).

Origins

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀδάμ (Adám), borrowed from Hebrew אָדָם, from Proto-Semitic *ʔadam-.

Descendants
  • ItalianAdamo
  • GermanAdamfrom Middle High German Adam
  • EnglishAdamfrom Old English Adam
  • EnglishAdamsfrom Old English Adam
  • EnglishMcAdamfrom Old English Adam
  • EnglishMcAdamsfrom Old English Adam
  • EnglishMcCawfrom Old English Adam
  • EnglishMacAdamfrom Old English Adam
  • EnglishMacAdamsfrom Old English Adam
  • EnglishMacCawfrom Old English Adam

Quick answers

What does Ādām mean in Latin?
Ādām, a proper noun, means “Adam; a male given name, equivalent to English Adam”.
What is the genitive of Ādām?
The genitive singular is Ādām. Ādām is masculine, indeclinable, variously declined, first declension.
How do you pronounce Ādām?
In classical Latin, [ˈaː.dãː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.dam].