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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἀδάμᾱς ἀδάμαντε ἀδάμαντες
Genitive ἀδάμαντος ἀδαμάντοιν ἀδαμάντων
Dative ἀδάμαντι ἀδαμάντοιν ἀδάμᾱσιν*
Accusative ἀδάμαντα ἀδάμαντε ἀδάμαντας
Vocative ἀδάμαν ἀδάμαντε ἀδάμαντες

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

  • Οὕτωσ ἔδειξέ μοι Κύριοσ, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἑστηκὼσ ἐπὶ τείχουσ ἀδαμαντίνου, καὶ ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ ἀδάμασ. (Septuagint, Prophetia Amos 7:7)
  • τὰ γὰρ εἰσ ασ λήγοντα ἐκτεταμένον ὑπὲρ δύο συλλαβὰσ ὅτε ἔχει τὸ ἄλφα παραλῆγον, βαρύτονά ἐστιν, οἱο͂ν ἀκάμασ, Σακάδασ, ἀδάμασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 39 3:5)
  • κἀκεῖνο δὲ τὸ ποίημα τοῖσ νοῦν ἔχουσιν οὐ κακῶσ ἔχειν δοκεῖ ‐ οὐ χρυσὸσ ἀγλαὸσ σπανιώτατοσ ἐν θνατῶν δυσελπί‐στῳ βίῳ,οὐδ’ ἀδάμασ οὐδ’ ἀργύρου κλῖναι πρὸσ ἄνθρωπονδοκιμαζόμεν’ ἀστράπτει πρὸσ ὄψεισ· (Plato, Epistles, Letter 1 9:2)
  • Πύθων δὲ καὶ Ἡρακλείδησ οἱ Αἴνιοι Κότυν διέφθειραν τῷ πατρὶ τιμωροῦντεσ, Ἀδάμασ δ’ ἀπέστη Κότυοσ διὰ τὸ ἐκτμηθῆναι παῖσ ὢν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ, ὡσ ὑβρισμένοσ. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 5 237:1)
  • οὗτοσ ὁ τῆσ ἀρετῆσ ἀδάμασ βαρύσ, οὗτοσ ὁ πάντῃ πᾶσιν ἐπιπλήσσων, οὗτοσ ὁ ῥιγομάχοσ, καὶ πώγωνα τρέφων, ἑάλω. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1551)

Synonyms

  1. adamant

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