How to Say “Adam” in Latin

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Ādām
masculine
The Latin way to say the male given name Adam is Ādām.
Ādām is used as a masculine given name.
Meaning: male given name (name)

How does it change in a sentence?

The name is masculine.

Did you know?

  • While 'Adam' is a person in English, in ecclesiastical Latin, the term often acts as a collective noun for the entire human race.
  • Medieval Latin texts often use the form Adamus to make the name fit the second-declension pattern typically used for men.
  • In the study of scholastic philosophy, the name is frequently used as a technical term to discuss the 'original state' of human nature rather than a historical figure.

Examples in context

  • Heus, Adame! Quid agis?
    Hey, Adam! What's up?
  • Nomen eius est Ādām.
    His name is Adam.
  • Ādām in horto ambulat.
    Adam walks in the garden.

Example conversation

Gaius introduces a friend to Lucia.

  1. Gaius

    Lucia, ecce Ādām.
    Lucia, this is Adam.
  2. Lucia

    Salve, Ādām!
    Hello, Adam!
  3. Gaius

    Ādām ex Urbe venit.
    Adam comes from the city.
  4. Lucia

    Optime, Ādām.
    Very well, Adam.

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