Gender Masculine Usage Greek Mythology (Latinized) Scripts Ἄδμητος(Ancient Greek) Meaning & History Latinized form of Greek Ἄδμητος (Admetos) meaning "unconquered, untamed", a poetic form of ἀδάμαστος (adamastos). In Greek mythology this was the name of a king of Pherae in Thessaly. He was the husband of Alcestis, who died for him.