"adamas" meaning in Latin

See adamas in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈa.da.maːs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈaː.da.mas] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), either from ἀ- (a-, “not”) + δαμνάω (damnáō, “conquer”) or of Semitic origin. Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|ἀδάμας||invincible}} Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, “invincible”), {{der|la|sem|-}} Semitic Head templates: {{la-noun|adamās/adamant<3>|g=m}} adamās m (genitive adamantis); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|adamās/adamant<3>|acc_pl=adamantēs/adamantas|acc_sg=adamantem/adamanta}} Forms: adamās [canonical, masculine], adamantis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], adamās [nominative, singular], adamantēs [nominative, plural], adamantis [genitive, singular], adamantum [genitive, plural], adamantī [dative, singular], adamantibus [dative, plural], adamantem [accusative, singular], adamanta [accusative, singular], adamantēs [accusative, plural], adamantas [accusative, plural], adamante [ablative, singular], adamantibus [ablative, plural], adamās [singular, vocative], adamantēs [plural, vocative]
  1. Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-adamas-la-noun-2j-fQdHG Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 56 4 40 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 43 27 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 49 4 39 4 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 2 42 2 2
  2. Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting. Tags: declension-3
    Sense id: en-adamas-la-noun-rEAvBS5x
  3. (figuratively, of one's character) Hard, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable. Tags: declension-3, figuratively
    Sense id: en-adamas-la-noun-FgxPoVGZ Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 2 42 2 2
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adamantēus, adamantinus
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adamantas",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adamante",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adamantibus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adamās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adamantēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adamās/adamant<3>",
        "g": "m"
      },
      "expansion": "adamās m (genitive adamantis); third declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "adamās/adamant<3>",
        "acc_pl": "adamantēs/adamantas",
        "acc_sg": "adamantem/adamanta"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Adamant",
          "adamant"
        ],
        [
          "hardest",
          "hardest"
        ],
        [
          "steel",
          "steel"
        ],
        [
          "iron",
          "iron"
        ],
        [
          "diamond",
          "diamond"
        ],
        [
          "object",
          "object"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "inflexible",
          "inflexible"
        ],
        [
          "firm",
          "firm"
        ],
        [
          "lasting",
          "lasting"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Hard, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Hard",
          "hard"
        ],
        [
          "invincible",
          "invincible"
        ],
        [
          "unconquerable",
          "unconquerable"
        ],
        [
          "unyielding",
          "unyielding"
        ],
        [
          "inexorable",
          "inexorable"
        ],
        [
          "stubborn",
          "stubborn"
        ],
        [
          "intractable",
          "intractable"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively, of one's character) Hard, invincible, unconquerable, unyielding, inexorable, stubborn, intractable."
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of one's character"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-3",
        "figuratively"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈa.da.maːs]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈaː.da.mas]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adamas"
}

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