adamantinus

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀδαμάντινος (adamántinos).

Pronunciation

Adjective

adamantinus (feminine adamantina, neuter adamantinum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. adamantine (all senses)
    Synonym: adamantēus
  2. incorruptible, impregnable
  3. inflexible

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative adamantinus adamantina adamantinum adamantinī adamantinae adamantina
genitive adamantinī adamantinae adamantinī adamantinōrum adamantinārum adamantinōrum
dative adamantinō adamantinae adamantinō adamantinīs
accusative adamantinum adamantinam adamantinum adamantinōs adamantinās adamantina
ablative adamantinō adamantinā adamantinō adamantinīs
vocative adamantine adamantina adamantinum adamantinī adamantinae adamantina

Descendants

  • English: adamantine
  • Italian: adamantino

References

  • “adamantinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “adamantinus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • adamantinus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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