adamanteus
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]adamant-, stem of adamās + -ēus
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.da.manˈteː.us/, [äd̪ämän̪ˈt̪eːʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.da.manˈte.us/, [äd̪ämän̪ˈt̪ɛːus]
Adjective
[edit]adamantēus (feminine adamantēa, neuter adamantēum); first/second-declension adjective
- as hard as steel, adamantine
- Synonym: adamantinus
Declension
[edit]First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | adamantēus | adamantēa | adamantēum | adamantēī | adamantēae | adamantēa | |
| genitive | adamantēī | adamantēae | adamantēī | adamantēōrum | adamantēārum | adamantēōrum | |
| dative | adamantēō | adamantēae | adamantēō | adamantēīs | |||
| accusative | adamantēum | adamantēam | adamantēum | adamantēōs | adamantēās | adamantēa | |
| ablative | adamantēō | adamantēā | adamantēō | adamantēīs | |||
| vocative | adamantēe | adamantēa | adamantēum | adamantēī | adamantēae | adamantēa | |
References
[edit]- “adamanteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “adamanteus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers