ἀδάμας

adamas

unconquerable

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Epinomis 1
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982c2
Letters 1
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310a6
Republic 1
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616c6
Statesman 1
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303e3
Timaeus 1
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59b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀδάμας, αντος, ὁ, (δαμάω):—first in Hes. (in Hom. only as pr. n.), properly, A. unconquerable: I. Subst., adamant, i. e. the hardest metal, prob. steel, χλωρός, πολιός, Hes. Sc. 231, Th. 161: metaph., ἀδάμαντος ἔχον κρατερόφρονα θυμόν Op. 147; of anything fixed, unalterable, ἔπος ἐρέω ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.141; ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἅλοις fixed them with nails of adamant, i. e. inevitably, Pi. P. 4.71, cf. APl. 16.167 (Antip. Sid.); τὸν ἐν Ἅιδα κινήσαις ἀδάμαντα Theoc. 2.34. 2. diamond, Thphr. Lap. 19, Paus. 8.18.6, Peripl. M.Rubr.56; prob. so meant in Pl. Ti. 59b, Plt. 303e, cf. Plin. HN 37.55. 3. metaph., ὁ πόνος ἀδάμαντος, of love, Alex. 245.13. II. Adj., unbreakable, ἀνακτίτης Orph. L. 192.

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