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ἀδάμᾱς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδάμᾱς ἀδάμαντος

Structure: ἀδαμαντ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Sense

  1. adamant
  2. diamond

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρόσ με. τί σὺ ὁρᾷσ, Ἀμώσ̣ καὶ εἶπα. ἀδάμαντα. καὶ εἶπε Κύριοσ πρόσ με. ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐντάσσω ἀδάμαντα ἐν μέσῳ λαοῦ μου Ἰσραήλ, οὐκέτι μὴ προσθῶ τοῦ παρελθεῖν αὐτόν. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 7:8)
  • τὺ δ’ Ἄρτεμι καὶ τὸν ἐν Αἵδα κινήσαισ ἀδάμαντα καὶ εἴ τί περ ἀσφαλὲσ ἄλλο. (Theocritus, Idylls, 29)
  • οἳ δ’ ἰθὺσ πρὸσ τεῖχοσ ἐύ̈δμητον βόασ αὐάσ ὑψόσ’ ἀνασχόμενοι ἔκιον μεγάλῳ ἀλαλητῷ Ἄσιον ἀμφὶ ἄνακτα καὶ Ιἀμενὸν καὶ Ὀρέστην Ἀσιάδην τ’ Ἀδάμαντα Θόωνά τε Οἰνόμαόν τε. (Homer, Iliad, Book 12 9:10)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐ λῆθ’ Ἀδάμαντα τιτυσκόμενοσ καθ’ ὅμιλον Ἀσιάδην, ὅ οἱ οὖτα μέσον σάκοσ ὀξέϊ χαλκῷ ἐγγύθεν ὁρμηθείσ· (Homer, Iliad, Book 13 55:1)

Synonyms

  1. adamant

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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