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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

  • εἵλετο δ’ ὄβριμον ἔγχοσ, ἀκαχμένον αἴθοπι χαλκῷ, κρατὶ δ’ ἔπ’ ἰφθίμῳ κυνέην ἐύτυκτον ἔθηκε, δαιδαλέην ἀδάμαντοσ, ἐπὶ κροτάφοισ ἀραρυῖαν, ἥτ’ εἴρυτο κάρη Ἡρακλῆοσ θείοιο. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 11:7)
  • ἐν μέσσῳ δ’ ἀδάμαντοσ ἐήν Φόβοσ οὔ τι φατειόσ, ἔμπαλιν ὄσσοισιν πυρὶ λαμπομένοισι δεδορκώσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 12:3)
  • ἐπὶ δὲ χλωροῦ ἀδάμαντοσ βαινουσέων ἰάχεσκε σάκοσ μεγάλῳ ὀρυμαγδῷ ὀξέα καὶ λιγέωσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 24:12)
  • οὐδέ τι σῖτον ἤσθιον, ἀλλ’ ἀδάμαντοσ ἔχον κρατερόφρονα θυμόν, ἄπλαστοι· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 19:3)
  • αἶψα δὲ ποιήσασα γένοσ πολιοῦ ἀδάμαντοσ τεῦξε μέγα δρέπανον καὶ ἐπέφραδε παισὶ φίλοισιν· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 16:8)

Synonyms

  1. adamant

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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