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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>ădămas</b>: antis, m. (acc. Gr. adamanta, adamantas), = [[ἀδάμας]] ([[invincible]]),<br /><b>I</b> [[adamant]], the [[hard]] est [[iron]] or [[steel]]; [[hence]] [[poet]]., for [[any]] [[thing]] [[inflexible]], [[firm]], [[lasting]], etc. ([[first]] used by Verg.): [[porta]] adversa [[ingens]] solidoque adamante columnae, Verg. A. 6, 552; cf. Mart. 5, 11; adamante texto vincire, [[with]] [[adamantine]] chains, Sen. Herc. F. 807.—Trop. of [[character]], [[hard]], [[unyielding]], [[inexorable]]: nec rigidos silices solidumve in pectore [[ferrum]] aut adamanta gerit, a [[heart]] of [[stone]], Ov. M. 9, 615: lacrimis adamanta movebis, [[will]] [[move]] a [[heart]] of [[stone]], id. A. A. 1, 659; so id. Tr. 4, 8, 45: voce tua posses adamanta movere, Mart. 7, 99: [[duro]] nec [[enim]] ex adamante creati, Sed tua [[turba]] sumus, Stat. S. 1, 2, 69. —<br /><b>II</b> The diamond: adamanta infragilem omni [[cetera]] vi [[sanguine]] hireino rumpente, Plin. 20, prooem. 1; 37, 4, 15, § 55 sq.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>ădămās</b>¹³ (<b>ădămāns</b> [[Sol]]. 52, 57 ), antis, m. [acc. anta ] ([[ἀδάμας]]), le [[fer]] le [[plus]] dur, acier : Virg. En. 6, 552 ; Prop. 4, 11, 4 ; Ov. M. 4, 453, etc. &#124;&#124; [fig.] Ov. H. 2, 137 ; M. 9, 614, etc. &#124;&#124; le diamant : Plin. 37, 55 ; 37, 57, etc.||[fig.] Ov. H. 2, 137 ; M. 9, 614, etc.||le diamant : Plin. 37, 55 ; 37, 57, etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=adamās ([[auch]] adamāns, Solin. 52, 57), antis, Akk. antem od. anta, m. ([[ἀδάμας]]), eig. der Unbezwingbare; dah. I) das härteste [[Eisen]], der [[Stahl]], [[bei]] Dichtern [[für]] hartes [[Metall]], festes [[Erz]] übh., [[solido]] adamante columnae, Verg.: nexae adamante catenae, Ov.: adamante texto vincire, Sen. poët.: [[adamas]] [[licet]] alliget [[illud]], eherne [[Bande]], Ov. – Dah. [[bei]] Dichtern [[als]] [[Sinnbild]] »eines harten, unempfindlichen, unbeugsamen Sinnes«, duritiā [[ferrum]] ut superes [[aut]] adamanta, Ov.: in pectore [[ferrum]] [[aut]] adamanta gerit, Ov.: lacrimis, voce suā adamanta movere, Kieselsteine od. [[ein]] [[Herz]] [[von]] [[Stein]] [[bewegen]] ([[rühren]]), Ov. u. Mart. – II) der [[Diamant]], Plin. u.a.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=adamas adamantis N M :: steel, hardest iron (early); anything hard, adamant; white sapphire; diamond
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