Artemis

See also: Artémis, Ártemis, and Àrtemis

English

Artemis

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis). Further etymology is uncertain.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹtəmɪs/

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Proper noun

Artemis

1. (Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)
2. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek. The usual male variation is Artemios.
3. (very rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 1934, United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry, Munitions Industry: Hearings Before the Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States Senate, Seventy-third[-Seventy-fourth] Congress, Pursuant to S. Res. 206, a Resolution to Make Certain Investigations Concerning the Manufacture and Sale of Arms and Other War Munitions, page 735:

     Mr. HISS. And is Mr. Artemis Denaxas an official of that company?
     Mr. ALLARD. I believe he is.
     Mr. HISS. I offer as "Exhibit No. 307" a letter of August 22, 1933, by Mr. Artemis Denaxas to Mr. Goulding, […]

   • 2012, Kristy Dykes, The Tender Heart, Barbour Publishing, →ISBN:

     She must give her full attention to the man at her side, Mr. Artemis Boutwell, as she had promised her mother. The young Mr. Artemis Boutwell, as everyone referred to him, was tall like Griffin—no, Mr. Parks. She must remember to refer to him ...

   • 2009, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

     Artemis's father rested one hand on the rolling ladder, lifting his weight from the artificial limb. His expression was strange, and one that Artemis could not recall ever seeing. He realized his father was more than anxious. Artemis Fowl Senior was afraid. […] Now Artemis himself grew worried.

4. (astronomy) The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
5. (NASA, space science) A United States space program, and the associated vehicles, used for human travel to the moon in the 2020s.

Synonyms

• (sister of Apollo): Agrotora, Aphaea, Cynthia, Diana, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron

Derived terms

• Artemidean
• Artemisian

Translations

Greek goddess

• Arabic: أَرْتِمِيس f (ʔartimīs)
• Armenian: Արտեմիս (hy) (Artemis)
• Azerbaijani: Artemida

  Arabic: آرتمیدا

  Cyrillic: Артемида

• Belarusian: Артэмі́да f (Artemída)
• Bulgarian: Артеми́да f (Artemída)
• Catalan: Àrtemis (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 阿耳忒彌斯／阿耳忒弥斯 (zh) (Ā'ěrtèmísī)

• Coptic: ⲁⲣⲧⲉⲙⲓⲥ f (artemis), ⲁⲣⲧⲩⲙⲓⲥ f (artumis), ⲁⲣⲇⲩⲙⲓⲥ f (ardumis)
• Czech: Artemis (cs) f
• Esperanto: Artemiso
• Estonian: Artemis (et)
• Finnish: Artemis
• French: Artémis (fr) m
• Galician: Artemisa f, Ártemis f
• Georgian: არტემიდა (arṭemida), არტემისი (arṭemisi)
• German: Artemis (de)
• Greek: Άρτεμη (el) f (Ártemi), Άρτεμις (el) f (Ártemis)

  Ancient: Ἄρτεμις f (Ártemis)

  Mycenaean: 𐀀𐀳𐀖𐀵 (a-te-mi-to)

• Hungarian: Artemisz (hu)
• Irish: Artaimís f
• Italian: Artemide f
• Japanese: アルテミス (ja) (Arutemisu)
• Kazakh: Артемида (Artemida)
• Korean: 아르테미스 (Areutemiseu)
• Kyrgyz: Артемида (Artemida)
• Latvian: Artemīda f
• Lithuanian: Artemidė f
• Macedonian: Артеми́да f (Artemída)
• Marathi: आर्टेमिस f (ārṭemis)
• Occitan: Artèmis f
• Persian: آرتمیس (fa) (ârtemis)
• Polish: Artemida (pl) f
• Portuguese: Ártemis (pt) f, Artemisa (pt) f, Artémis (pt) f
• Romanian: Artemis f
• Russian: Артеми́да (ru) f (Artemída)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Артѐмида f

  Roman: Artèmida (sh) f

• Slovak: Artemis f
• Slovene: Artemida (sl) f
• Spanish: Artemisa (es) f, Ártemis f
• Swahili: Artemi
• Swedish: Artemis (sv)
• Turkish: Artemis (tr)
• Ukrainian: Артемі́да f (Artemída)
• Uzbek: Artemida

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Aphrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Dionysus, Hades, Hephaestus, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

References

• Arthur Cotterell, Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology (Oxford University Press, 1986)

Anagrams

• AIRMETs, Maestri, Reitsma, Ritsema, Ter Sami, imarets, maestri, maister, maistre, mariets, masrite, mirates, misrate, smartie

Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑrtemis/, [ˈɑ̝rt̪e̞mis̠]
• Rhymes: -ɑrtemis
• Syllabification^(key): Ar‧te‧mis

Proper noun

Artemis

1. (Greek mythology) Artemis

Declension

Inflection of Artemis (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)
nominative		Artemis	—
genitive		Artemiin	—
partitive		Artemista	—
illative		Artemiiseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Artemis	—
accusative	nom.	Artemis	—
	gen.	Artemiin
genitive		Artemiin	—
partitive		Artemista	—
inessive		Artemiissa	—
elative		Artemiista	—
illative		Artemiiseen	—
adessive		Artemiilla	—
ablative		Artemiilta	—
allative		Artemiille	—
essive		Artemiina	—
translative		Artemiiksi	—
abessive		Artemiitta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Artemis (Kotus type 41/vieras, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Artemiini — accusative nom. Artemiini — gen. Artemiini genitive Artemiini — partitive Artemistani — inessive Artemiissani — elative Artemiistani — illative Artemiiseeni — adessive Artemiillani — ablative Artemiiltani — allative Artemiilleni — essive Artemiinani — translative Artemiikseni — abessive Artemiittani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Artemiisi — accusative nom. Artemiisi — gen. Artemiisi genitive Artemiisi — partitive Artemistasi — inessive Artemiissasi — elative Artemiistasi — illative Artemiiseesi — adessive Artemiillasi — ablative Artemiiltasi — allative Artemiillesi — essive Artemiinasi — translative Artemiiksesi — abessive Artemiittasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Artemiimme — accusative nom. Artemiimme — gen. Artemiimme genitive Artemiimme — partitive Artemistamme — inessive Artemiissamme — elative Artemiistamme — illative Artemiiseemme — adessive Artemiillamme — ablative Artemiiltamme — allative Artemiillemme — essive Artemiinamme — translative Artemiiksemme — abessive Artemiittamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Artemiinne — accusative nom. Artemiinne — gen. Artemiinne genitive Artemiinne — partitive Artemistanne — inessive Artemiissanne — elative Artemiistanne — illative Artemiiseenne — adessive Artemiillanne — ablative Artemiiltanne — allative Artemiillenne — essive Artemiinanne — translative Artemiiksenne — abessive Artemiittanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Artemiinsa — accusative nom. Artemiinsa — gen. Artemiinsa genitive Artemiinsa — partitive Artemistaan Artemistansa — inessive Artemiissaan Artemiissansa — elative Artemiistaan Artemiistansa — illative Artemiiseensa — adessive Artemiillaan Artemiillansa — ablative Artemiiltaan Artemiiltansa — allative Artemiilleen Artemiillensa — essive Artemiinaan Artemiinansa — translative Artemiikseen Artemiiksensa — abessive Artemiittaan Artemiittansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Inflection of Artemis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		Artemis	—
genitive		Artemiksen	—
partitive		Artemista	—
illative		Artemikseen	—
		singular	plural
nominative		Artemis	—
accusative	nom.	Artemis	—
	gen.	Artemiksen
genitive		Artemiksen	—
partitive		Artemista	—
inessive		Artemiksessa	—
elative		Artemiksesta	—
illative		Artemikseen	—
adessive		Artemiksella	—
ablative		Artemikselta	—
allative		Artemikselle	—
essive		Artemiksena	—
translative		Artemikseksi	—
abessive		Artemiksetta	—
instructive		—	—
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of Artemis (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Artemikseni — accusative nom. Artemikseni — gen. Artemikseni genitive Artemikseni — partitive Artemistani — inessive Artemiksessani — elative Artemiksestani — illative Artemikseeni — adessive Artemiksellani — ablative Artemikseltani — allative Artemikselleni — essive Artemiksenani — translative Artemiksekseni — abessive Artemiksettani — instructive — — comitative — — second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative Artemiksesi — accusative nom. Artemiksesi — gen. Artemiksesi genitive Artemiksesi — partitive Artemistasi — inessive Artemiksessasi — elative Artemiksestasi — illative Artemikseesi — adessive Artemiksellasi — ablative Artemikseltasi — allative Artemiksellesi — essive Artemiksenasi — translative Artemikseksesi — abessive Artemiksettasi — instructive — — comitative — — first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Artemiksemme — accusative nom. Artemiksemme — gen. Artemiksemme genitive Artemiksemme — partitive Artemistamme — inessive Artemiksessamme — elative Artemiksestamme — illative Artemikseemme — adessive Artemiksellamme — ablative Artemikseltamme — allative Artemiksellemme — essive Artemiksenamme — translative Artemikseksemme — abessive Artemiksettamme — instructive — — comitative — — second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative Artemiksenne — accusative nom. Artemiksenne — gen. Artemiksenne genitive Artemiksenne — partitive Artemistanne — inessive Artemiksessanne — elative Artemiksestanne — illative Artemikseenne — adessive Artemiksellanne — ablative Artemikseltanne — allative Artemiksellenne — essive Artemiksenanne — translative Artemikseksenne — abessive Artemiksettanne — instructive — — comitative — — third-person possessor singular plural nominative Artemiksensa — accusative nom. Artemiksensa — gen. Artemiksensa genitive Artemiksensa — partitive Artemistaan Artemistansa — inessive Artemiksessaan Artemiksessansa — elative Artemiksestaan Artemiksestansa — illative Artemikseensa — adessive Artemiksellaan Artemiksellansa — ablative Artemikseltaan Artemikseltansa — allative Artemikselleen Artemiksellensa — essive Artemiksenaan Artemiksenansa — translative Artemiksekseen Artemikseksensa — abessive Artemiksettaan Artemiksettansa — instructive — — comitative — —

Anagrams

• mestari

Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).

Proper noun

Artemis c (genitive Artemis)

1. (Greek mythology) Artemis

See also

• (Greek mythology Olympian gods) god; Apollo, Afrodite, Ares, Artemis, Athena, Demeter, Hefaistos, Hera, Hestia, Hermes, Poseidon, Zeus

Turkish

Proper noun

Artemis

1. (Greek mythology) Artemis