αδάμας

See also: ἀδάμας

Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek ἀδάμας (adámas, diamond), ancient sense: "the hardest metal", from the accusative singular "τόν ἀδάμαντα (adámanta)[1][2]

Noun

αδάμας • (adámas) m (plural αδάμαντες)

  1. (formal or dated) diamond
    Synonyms: (formal) αδάμαντας m (adámantas), (standard, less formal) διαμάντι (diamánti)
  2. adamant, adamantine

Declension

compounds with αδαμαντo-, αδαμαντ-

References

  1. αδάμας, αδάμαντας - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
  2. αδάμας - Georgakas, Demetrius, 1908-1990 (1960-2009) A Modern Greek-English Dictionary [MGED online, 2009. letter α only], Centre for the Greek language

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