adamas

Latin

noun

Definitions

Adamant; the hardest steel or iron; diamond; an object made of adamant.
Anything which is inflexible, firm or lasting.
(figuratively) Hard, unyielding, inexorable.

Etymology

Derived from Ancient Greek ἀδάμας (invincible, diamond, unconquerable, hard substance, untamed).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἀδάμας

Gloss

invincible, diamond, unconquerable, hard substance, untamed

Concept

Semantic Field

Animals

Ontological Category

Property

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

adamantoid English
adamantem Latin
adamās Latin
diamas Latin
Diamant German
aimant French
diamant French
ἀδάμας Ancient Greek
diamant Old French
الماس Persian
αδάμας Greek (modern)
giamanto Istriot