adamantinus
adamantinus, hard as steel, inflexible
ădămantĭnus, a, um, adj., = ἀδαμάντινος,
- hard as steel, etc., adamantine: saxa, Lucr. 2, 447: duritia, Plin. 37, 11, 73, 189. —Hence poet., extremely hard, inflexible, invincible: clavi, Hor. C. 3, 24, 5: tunica, id. ib. 1, 6, 13: juga, Prop. 3, 9, 9; cf. aënus.
adamantinus, a, um (ἀδαμάντινος), stählern, stahlhart, eisenfest, unzerbrechlich, a) v. Konkr., saxa, Lucr.: Mars tunicā tectus adamantinā, Hor.: clavi, Hor.: iuga, Prop.: catenae, Augustin.: unguis, Vulg. – b) v. Abstr., duritia, Plin. 37, 189.
ut ~us scopulus ‥ contra tormenta ‥ induruit
collisio tanta ut etsi ~a navis esset ‥ putaretur elidi
lapides ~i ‥ equali vi proportionis ferrum in medio collocatum sustinent
aliqua hujusmodi Greca: abyssus, adamas, adamantius
his testibus ‥ ~o stilo firmantibus
adamantinus
adj.
- , ἀδαμάντινος, hard as steel, inflexible: clavis, H.: tunica, a coat of mail, H.: iuga, Pr.