ἀδάμας (adamas)
adamas
adamant
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Definition
1. properly the untamed, unconquerable :
2. as Substantive adamant , i. e. the hardest metal, probably steel : metaphorically of any thing unalterable , ἔπος ἐρέω ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας having fixed it firm as adamant , (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus)
3. the diamond , (Theophrastus Philosophus)
4. as adjective, metaphorically, the inflexible , of Hades, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)
2. as Substantive adamant , i. e. the hardest metal, probably steel : metaphorically of any thing unalterable , ἔπος ἐρέω ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας having fixed it firm as adamant , (Oracle quoted in Herdotus Historicus)
3. the diamond , (Theophrastus Philosophus)
4. as adjective, metaphorically, the inflexible , of Hades, (Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus) (ML)