ἀδαμάντῐνος, η, ον,
adamantine, of steel, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.224, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 6, 64, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.84] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. κερκίδες, of the Μοῖραι, [[ “Lyrica Adespota” cited in 5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 1.5.11; αἱμασιή 4th c.AD: Eusebius Myndius Philosophus “fragment” 63. ] Refs 4th c.AD+]
__2 metaphorically, hard as adamant, οὐδεὶς ἂν γένοιτο.. οὕτως ἀ., ὃς ἂν.. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 360b; σιδηροῖς καὶ ἀ. λόγοις [prev. author] “Grg.” 509a; δεσμοί 4th c.AD: Metrodorus Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 831.12] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἀ. ἐστίν, of a girl, [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 3.39] Refs 3rd c.BC+]. adverb -νως[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 618e.] Refs 5th c.BC+]