adamanta
Dictionary entries
- Entry →adamas, adamantis:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Technical
steel, hardest iron (early); anything hard, adamant; white sapphire; diamond;
acc. sg.
Examples
- M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...aperit sedes, abruptaque saxa 800asperat et durum uinclis adamanta, paratquepoenam uictori. refer haec solacia tecum,o iuuenis, placido..." Liber V
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...post fata uenit gloria, non propero. Sardonychas, zmaragdos, adamantas, iaspidas uno uersat in articulo Stella, Seuere, meus. Multas..."
Liber Tertius
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...incipit (interea dominae uestigia iuxta spumantem proni mandunt adamanta iugales): 'bella etiam in Thebas, socer o pulcherrime, bella..."Liber Secundus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...arcano florentes igne zmaragdos cingit et infaustas percussum adamanta figuras Gorgoneosque orbes Siculaque incude relictos fulminis extremi cineres..."- P
Metamorphoses IX
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...rigidas silices solidumve in pectore ferrum aut adamanta gerit, nec lac bibit ille leaenae. vincetur! repetendus erit..." - P
Ars Amatoria I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Ars Amatoria
"...doleat femina laesa suo. Et lacrimae prosunt: lacrimis adamanta movebis: Fac madidas videat, si potes, illa genas..."