- ἀδάμας
- adamant
- 1. properly the untamed, unconquerable :
2. as Subst. adamant , i. e. the hardest metal, prob. steel : metaph. of any thing unalterable , ἔπος ἐρέω ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας having fixed it firm as adamant , Orac. ap. [Refs 5th c.BC]
3. the diamond , [4th/3rd c.BC]
4. as adj., metaph., the inflexible , of Hades, [Refs 3rd c.BC] (ML)