See also:

• ADAMANT (from Gr. aba,uas, untameable)

ADAMANT (from Gr. See also:

• ABA

aba,uas, untameable)  , the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• DIAMOND

diamond (q.v.), but also a name given to any very hard substance . The See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek word is used by See also:

• HOMER, WINSLOW (1836-191o)

Homer as a See also:

• PERSONAL

personal epithet, and by See also:

• HESIOD

Hesiod for the hard See also:

• METAL
• METAL (through Fr. from Lat. metallum, mine, quarry, adapted from Gr. µATaXAov, in the same sense, probably connected with ,ueraAAdv, to search after, explore, µeTa, after, aAAos, other)

metal in See also:

• ARMOUR, PHILIP DANFORTH (1832-1901)

armour, while See also:

• THEOPHRASTUS

Theophrastus applies it to the hardest crystal . By an etymological confusion with the See also:

• LAT

Lat. adamare, to have an attraction for, it also came to be associated with the loadstone; but since the See also:

• TERM

term was displaced by " diamond " it has had only a figurative and poetical use .