ἀδάμ-ας, αντος, ὁ,
(δαμάω):—first in [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus (in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus only as _proper name_)] Refs 8th c.BC+], properly, unconquerable:
__I substantive, adamant, i. e. the hardest metal, probably steel, χλωρός, πολιός, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 231, “Th.” 161: _metaphorically_, ἀδάμαντος ἔχον κρατερόφρονα θυμόν “Op.” 147 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of anything fixed, unalterable, ἔπος ἐρέω ἀδάμαντι πελάσσας Oracle texts cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.141] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀδάμαντος δῆσεν ἅλοις fixed them with nails of adamant, i. e. inevitably, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.71, compare “APl.” 4.167 (Antip. Sid.); τὸν ἐν Ἅιδα κινήσαις ἀδάμαντα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 2.34. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 diamond, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lapidibus” 19, 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 8.18.6, “Peripl. M.Rubr.” 56; probably so meant in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59b, “Plt.” 303e, compare 1st c.AD: Plinius Rerum Naturalium Scriptor “Historia Naturalis” 37.55. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.3 metaphorically, ὁ πόνος ἀδ άμαντος, of love, [[ 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 245.13. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II adjective, unbreakable, ἀνακτίτης[[ 5th-6th c.AD: Orphica “Lithica” 192.] Refs 5th c.AD+]