adamas, adamantis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension · variant: 6th
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
steel, hardest iron (early); anything hard, adamant; white sapphire; diamond;
Inflections
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | adamas | adamantes |
| Gen. | adamantis, adamantum | — |
| Dat. | adamanti | adamantibus |
| Acc. | adamanta, adamantem, adamantas | — |
| Voc. | adamas | adamantes |
| Abl. | adamante | adamantibus |
Examples
- D
Satura VI
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...nautis, grandia tolluntur crystallina, maxima rursus murrina, deinde adamas notissimus et Beronices in digito factus pretiosior. hunc dedit..." - L
de Constantia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...quorundam lapidum inexpugnabilis ferro duritia est nec secari adamas aut caedi uel deteri potest sed incurrentia ultro retundit..." - P
Metamorphoses IV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...modo vir, modo femina Sithon. te quoque, nunc adamas, quondam fidissime parvo, Celmi, Iovi largoque satos Curetas..."