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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

  • μήδεα δ’ ὡσ τὸ πρῶτον ἀποτμήξασ ἀδάμαντι κάββαλ’ ἀπ’ ἠπείροιο πολυκλύστῳ ἐνὶ πόντῳ, ὣσ φέρετ’ ἂμ πέλαγοσ πουλὺν χρόνον, ἀμφὶ δὲ λευκὸσ ἀφρὸσ ἀπ’ ἀθανάτου χροὸσ ὤρνυτο· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 22:6)
  • σοὶ δὲ τόδ’ αὖτισ ἔποσ ἐρέω, ἀδάμαντι πελάσσασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 14, chapter 932)
  • φάσεισ, τὰν μὲν Κύπριν ἀνὰ κραναὰν Κνίδον ἀθρῶν, ἅδε που ὡσ φλέξει καὶ λίθοσ εὖσα λίθον τὸν δ’ ἐνὶ Θεσπιάδαισ γλυκὺν Ἵμερον, οὐχ ὅτι πέτρον ἀλλ’ ὅτι κἠν ψυχρῷ πῦρ ἀδάμαντι βαλεῖ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 1671)
  • ἢν δ’ ἐπὶ Λεπτίνεω στρέψῃσ δέμασ, οὐκέτι γυῖα κινήσεισ, ἀλύτῳ δ’ ὡσ ἀδάμαντι μένεισ ἴχνια κολληθείσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 93 1:1)
  • οἱ δ’ ἀγαθοί, κἢν μηδέν, ἀναπνεύσωσι δὲ μοῦνον, ὡσ Λίβυσ εἶπεν ἀνήρ, τοῦτ’ ἀδάμαντι μένει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 4822)
  • πάσῃ τῇ κτίσει τὸ ἔλεοσ αὐτοῦ φανερόν, καὶ τὸ φῶσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὸ σκότοσ ἐμέρισε τῷ ἀδάμαντι]. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 16:16)

Synonyms

  1. adamant

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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