aymante

• aymant (apocopic)

From Medieval Latin [Term?], ultimately from Latin adamās (“adamant”), from Ancient Greek ἀδάμᾱς (adámās, “invincible”), reinforced by Old French aïmant.

• IPA^(key): /ai̯ˈmante/

aymante f (plural aymantes)

1. magnet, lodestone
   • c. 1250, Alfonso X, Lapidario, f. 6v:

     Et aun a otra p̃priedat que el uidrio la obedece ⁊ tiral aſſi como la aymante tira el fierro.

     And yet another property is that glass obeys it and it pulls it, just like the magnet attracts iron.

   • Idem, f. 55r.

     Et purga el oro como dixiemos delas otras aymantes que an poder de purgar.

     And it purges gold in the same way we said other magnets have the power to purge.

• magnete m

• Spanish: imán (see aymant)