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ἀδάμας

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀδάμας ἀδάματος

Structure: ἀδαματ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: dama/zw

Sense

  1. unconquerable, (masculine substantive) adamant, the hardest metal (probably steel), (figuratively) fixed, unalterable
  2. a hard metal resembling gold
  3. diamond

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ἀδάμας ά̓δαμας
Genitive ἀδάματος ἀδάματος
Dative ἀδάματι ἀδάματι
Accusative ἀδάματα ά̓δαμας
Vocative ἀδάμας ά̓δαμας
DualN/A/V ἀδάματε ἀδάματε
G/D ἀδαμάτοιν ἀδαμάτοιν
PluralNominative ἀδάματες ἀδάματα
Genitive ἀδαμάτων ἀδαμάτων
Dative ἀδάμασιν* ἀδάμασιν*
Accusative ἀδάματας ἀδάματα
Vocative ἀδάματες ἀδάματα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀδάμας ἀδάματος ἀδαμάττερος ἀδαματτέρου ἀδαμάττατος ἀδαματτάτου
Adverb ἀδαμάτως ἀδαμάττερον ἀδαμάττατα

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

  • τούτῳ μὲν δὴ τὴν εἰκόνα ὅστισ ὁ εἰργασμένοσ ἐστὶν οὐκ ἴσμεν, Ἄνοχοσ δὲ ὁ Ἀδαμάτα Ταραντῖνοσ, σταδίου λαβὼν καὶ διαύλου νίκην, ἐστὶν Ἀγελάδα τέχνη τοῦ Ἀργείου. (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 14 18:3)

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