adamas

ădămas, antis, m. (acc. Gr. adamanta, adamantas), = adamas (invincible), adamant, the hard est iron or steel; hence poet., for any thing inflexible, firm, lasting, etc. (first used by Verg.):

porta adversa ingens solidoque adamante columnae,

Verg. A. 6, 552; cf. Mart. 5, 11;

adamante texto vincire,

with adamantine chains, Sen. Herc. F. 807.— Trop. of character, hard, unyielding, inexorable:

nec rigidos silices solidumve in pectore ferrum aut adamanta gerit,

a heart of stone, Ov. M. 9, 615:

lacrimis adamanta movebis,

will move a heart of stone, id. A. A. 1, 659; so id. Tr. 4, 8, 45:

voce tua posses adamanta movere,

Mart. 7, 99:

duro nec enim ex adamante creati, Sed tua turba sumus,

Stat. S. 1, 2, 69. —

The diamond:

adamanta infragilem omni cetera vi sanguine hireino rumpente,

Plin. 20, prooem. 1; 37, 4, 15, § 55 sq.

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diamond [from Gre adamas] Bul elmaz, Ind almas, Kyr almaz, Per almas, Rus almaz, Swa almasi, Tat almaz, Tur elmas borrowed from Ar

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diamond [cp. Tur elmas, Kyr almaz, Gre adamas]

Ā̆răbĭa (on account of the long A in Prop. 3, 10, 16, erroneously written by many Arrabia; cf. Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 9), ae, f., = Arabia.

In an extended sense, the country Arabia, divided by the ancients into Petrœa (from its principal city, Petra), Deserta, and Felix, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65; Mel. 1, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 25 al.—

In a more restricted sense, a town in Arabia Felix, Mel. 3, 8, 7. —Hence, Ārăbĭcus, a, um, adj., Arabic, Arabian:

odor (i. e. tus),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 3, 8, 1:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122:

adamas,

id. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

alites,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 146:

balanus,

id. 12, 21, 46, § 102:

lapicidinae, i. e. of alabaster,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 78:

spina,

the acacia, id. 24, 12, 65, § 107:

vectis,

Curt. 7, 2. 17. — Absol.: Ārăbĭca, ae, f. (sc. gemma), a precious stone, similar to ivory, perh. a kind of chalcedony or onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145; Isid. Orig. 16, 14.— Ārăbĭcē, adv.: facite olant aedes Arabice, make the apartments redolent with the perfumes of Araby ( frankincense, which was brought from Arabia), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Arabice olet, id est ex odoribus Arabicis, Fest. p. 23): Arabice sacri vocantur, in Arabic, Sol. c. 33.

Ā̆răbĭa (on account of the long A in Prop. 3, 10, 16, erroneously written by many Arrabia; cf. Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 9), ae, f., = Arabia.

In an extended sense, the country Arabia, divided by the ancients into Petrœa (from its principal city, Petra), Deserta, and Felix, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65; Mel. 1, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 25 al.—

In a more restricted sense, a town in Arabia Felix, Mel. 3, 8, 7. —Hence, Ārăbĭcus, a, um, adj., Arabic, Arabian:

odor (i. e. tus),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 3, 8, 1:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122:

adamas,

id. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

alites,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 146:

balanus,

id. 12, 21, 46, § 102:

lapicidinae, i. e. of alabaster,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 78:

spina,

the acacia, id. 24, 12, 65, § 107:

vectis,

Curt. 7, 2. 17. — Absol.: Ārăbĭca, ae, f. (sc. gemma), a precious stone, similar to ivory, perh. a kind of chalcedony or onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145; Isid. Orig. 16, 14.— Ārăbĭcē, adv.: facite olant aedes Arabice, make the apartments redolent with the perfumes of Araby ( frankincense, which was brought from Arabia), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Arabice olet, id est ex odoribus Arabicis, Fest. p. 23): Arabice sacri vocantur, in Arabic, Sol. c. 33.

Ā̆răbĭa (on account of the long A in Prop. 3, 10, 16, erroneously written by many Arrabia; cf. Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 9), ae, f., = Arabia.

In an extended sense, the country Arabia, divided by the ancients into Petrœa (from its principal city, Petra), Deserta, and Felix, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65; Mel. 1, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 25 al.—

In a more restricted sense, a town in Arabia Felix, Mel. 3, 8, 7. —Hence, Ārăbĭcus, a, um, adj., Arabic, Arabian:

odor (i. e. tus),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 3, 8, 1:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122:

adamas,

id. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

alites,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 146:

balanus,

id. 12, 21, 46, § 102:

lapicidinae, i. e. of alabaster,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 78:

spina,

the acacia, id. 24, 12, 65, § 107:

vectis,

Curt. 7, 2. 17. — Absol.: Ārăbĭca, ae, f. (sc. gemma), a precious stone, similar to ivory, perh. a kind of chalcedony or onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145; Isid. Orig. 16, 14.— Ārăbĭcē, adv.: facite olant aedes Arabice, make the apartments redolent with the perfumes of Araby ( frankincense, which was brought from Arabia), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Arabice olet, id est ex odoribus Arabicis, Fest. p. 23): Arabice sacri vocantur, in Arabic, Sol. c. 33.

Ā̆răbĭa (on account of the long A in Prop. 3, 10, 16, erroneously written by many Arrabia; cf. Jahn ad Hor. C. 3, 4, 9), ae, f., = Arabia.

In an extended sense, the country Arabia, divided by the ancients into Petrœa (from its principal city, Petra), Deserta, and Felix, Plin. 5, 11, 12, § 65; Mel. 1, 10; Vulg. 3 Reg. 10, 15; ib. Gal. 4, 25 al.—

In a more restricted sense, a town in Arabia Felix, Mel. 3, 8, 7. —Hence, Ārăbĭcus, a, um, adj., Arabic, Arabian:

odor (i. e. tus),

Plaut. Mil. 2, 5, 2:

sinus,

Plin. 2, 67, 67, § 168; Mel. 3, 8, 1:

resina,

Plin. 14, 20, 25, § 122:

adamas,

id. 37, 4, 15, § 56:

alites,

id. 37, 10, 54, § 146:

balanus,

id. 12, 21, 46, § 102:

lapicidinae, i. e. of alabaster,

id. 36, 12, 17, § 78:

spina,

the acacia, id. 24, 12, 65, § 107:

vectis,

Curt. 7, 2. 17. — Absol.: Ārăbĭca, ae, f. (sc. gemma), a precious stone, similar to ivory, perh. a kind of chalcedony or onyx, Plin. 37, 10, 54, § 145; Isid. Orig. 16, 14.— Ārăbĭcē, adv.: facite olant aedes Arabice, make the apartments redolent with the perfumes of Araby ( frankincense, which was brought from Arabia), Plaut. ap. Diom. p. 378 P. (Arabice olet, id est ex odoribus Arabicis, Fest. p. 23): Arabice sacri vocantur, in Arabic, Sol. c. 33.

gaudĭum, ii (apoc. form gau, like cael for caelum, do for domum: replet te laetificum gau, Enn. ap. Auson. Technop. 144; Ann. 451 Vahl.), n. [id.], inward joy, joy, gladness, delight (opp. laetitia, joy which shows itself externally).

Lit.

In gen.

Sing.:

cum ratione animus movetur placide atque constanter, tum illud gaudium dicitur: cum autem inaniter et effuse animus exsultat, tum illa laetitia gestiens vel nimia dici potest, quam ita definiunt sine ratione animi elationem,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 6, 13; Sall. C. 48, 1:

voluptas dicitur etiam in animo... non dicitur laetitia nec gaudium in corpore,

id. Fin. 2, 4, 13 (cf. under B.):

veluti ex servitute erepta (plebs) gaudium atque laetitiam agitabat,

Sall. C. 48, 1:

exsultare laetitia, triumphare gaudio,

Cic. Clu. 5, 14: meum factum probari abs te triumpho gaudio, Caes. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 16, A, 2:

non possum non confiteri, cumulari me maximo gaudio, quod, etc.,

Cic. Fam. 9, 14, 1:

gaudio compleri, gaudio afficere,

id. Fin. 5, 24, 69 sq.:

tuis litteris perlectis exsilui gaudio,

id. Fam. 16, 16, 1; cf.:

cum tuas litteras legissem, incredibili gaudio sum elatus,

id. ib. 10, 12, 2; id. Rep. 3, 30:

gaudium, tristitiam ostendimus (manibus),

Quint. 11, 3, 86:

missa legatio quae gaudio fungeretur,

to express their joy, offer their congratulations, Tac. H. 2, 55:

prae gaudio ubi sim nescio,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 67; cf.:

nimio gaudio paene desipere,

Cic. Fam. 2, 9, 2:

exclamare gaudio,

Ter. Phorm. 5, 6, 30; cf.:

lacrimare gaudio,

id. Ad. 3, 3, 55: Ha. Gaudio ero vobis. Ad. At edepol nos voluptati tibi, Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 47:

quid illud gaudii est?

Ter. And. 5, 5, 7.—With an object-genitive:

gaudium periculosi saltus superati,

Liv. 42, 55, 4.—

Plur.: quocum multa volup ac gaudia clamque palamque, Enn. ap. Gell. 12, 4 (Ann. v. 247 Vahl.):

cum me tantis affecistis gaudiis,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 105; more freq., the outward expressions of joy:

feminarum praecipue et gaudia insignia erant et luctus,

Liv. 22, 7, 12 (cf. sing.:

gaudio exultans,

id. 21, 42, 3):

quibus gaudiis exsultabis?

Cic. Cat. 1, 10, 26:

ita varie per omnem exercitum laetitia, maeror, luctus atque gaudia agitabantur,

Sall. C. 61 fin.:

o qui complexus et gaudia quanta fuerunt!

Hor. S. 1, 5, 43:

gaudia prodentem vultum celare,

id. ib. 2, 5, 104:

in tacito cohibe gaudia clausa sinu,

Prop. 2, 25 (3, 20), 30 (cf. gaudeo, II. A.):

hunc scio mea solide gavisurum gaudia,

Ter. And. 5, 5, 8:

scin' me in quibus sim gaudiis?

id. Eun. 5, 9, 5.—Prov.:

Gaudia principium nostri sunt doloris,

Ov. M. 7, 796.—

In partic., sensual pleasure, delight, enjoyment (rare; not in Cic.; cf.

above the passage,

Cic. Fin. 2, 4, 13; usually in plur.):

dediti corporis gaudiis per luxum et ignaviam aetatem agunt,

Sall. J. 2, 4:

mutua gaudia,

Lucr. 4, 1205; 5, 854:

communia,

id. 4, 1196; cf. ib. 1106; Tib. 1, 5, 39; Hor. C. 3, 6, 28:

non umquam reputant quanti sibi gaudia constent,

Juv. 6, 365:

vini atque cibi,

id. 10, 204:

cenae,

id. 15, 41.—In sing.:

mihi sibique pestiferum hinc abstulit gaudium,

Liv. 1, 58, 8.—

Transf., also, like our joy, for an object which produces joy, a cause or occasion of joy (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ceterum hoc gaudium magna prope clade in Samnio foedatum est,

Liv. 7, 34, 1:

non animo solum patrio gratum munus, sed corpori quoque salubre gaudium (sc. reditus filii) fuit,

id. 37, 37, 7:

cupidus falsis attingere gaudia palmis, i. e. conjugem,

Prop. 1, 19, 9:

fugiunt tua gaudia,

Ov. H. 15, 109; Phaedr. 4, 20, 27; Petr. 79, 10.—

Of inanim. and abstr. things:

non omnes (arbores) florent, et sunt tristes quaedam, quaeque non sentiant gaudia annorum,

Plin. 16, 25, 40, § 95:

flos est gaudium arborum,

id. ib.:

adamas opum gaudium,

id. 20 praef. § 2.

in-frăgĭlis, e, adj., that cannot be broken to pieces.

Lit.:

adamas,

Plin. H. N. 20 prooem. § 2.—

Trop., strong, that cannot be weakened:

vox,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 53:

animi,

Sen. Vit. B. 9.