LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

adamās

adamās m (genitive adamantis)
Classical[ˈa.da.maːs]Ecclesiastical[ˈaː.da.mas]

Meaning

  1. Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant.
  2. Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting.
  3. figurativelyHard, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable.

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeadamāsadamantēs
genitiveadamantisadamantum
dativeadamantīadamantibus
accusativeadamantem
adamanta		adamantēs
adamantas
ablativeadamanteadamantibus
vocativeadamāsadamantēs

ădămas, antis, m. (acc. Gr. adamanta, adamantas), = ἀδάμας (invincible),
I. adamant, the hard est iron or steel; hence poet., for any thing inflexible, firm, lasting, etc. (first used by Verg.): porta adversa ingens solidoque adamante columnae, Verg. A. 6, 552; cf. Mart. 5, 11; adamante texto vincire, with adamantine chains, Sen. Herc. F. 807.—Trop. of character, hard, unyielding, inexorable: nec rigidos silices solidumve in pectore ferrum aut adamanta gerit, a heart of stone, Ov. M. 9, 615: lacrimis adamanta movebis, will move a heart of stone, id. A. A. 1, 659; so id. Tr. 4, 8, 45: voce tua posses adamanta movere, Mart. 7, 99: duro nec enim ex adamante creati, Sed tua turba sumus, Stat. S. 1, 2, 69. —
II. The diamond: adamanta infragilem omni cetera vi sanguine hireino rumpente, Plin. 20, prooem. 1. 37, 4, 15, § 55 sq.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greek ἀ-(a-)?
  5. Latinadamās

Proto-Indo-European *demh₂-der. Ancient Greek δαμνάω (damnáō)? Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas)der. Latin adamās From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), either from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμνάω (damnáō, “conquer”) or of Semitic origin.

Descendants
  • Englishadamant
  • Italianadamante
  • Portugueseadamante
  • Spanishadamante
  • Catalanimantfrom Vulgar Latin *adimas, *adimantem
  • Frenchaimantfrom Vulgar Latin *adimas, *adimantem
  • Frenchdiamantfrom Vulgar Latin *adimas, *adimantem
  • Italiandiamantefrom Vulgar Latin *adimas, *adimantem
  • Portugueseímãfrom Vulgar Latin *adimas, *adimantem
  • Spanishimánfrom Vulgar Latin *adimas, *adimantem

Quick answers

What does adamās mean in Latin?
adamās, a noun, means “Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond”.
What is the genitive of adamās?
The genitive singular is adamantis. adamās is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce adamās?
In classical Latin, [ˈa.da.maːs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈaː.da.mas].
Where does adamās come from?
Proto-Indo-European *né → Proto-Indo-European *n̥- → Proto-Hellenic *ə- → Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-)? → Latin adamās.