Artemis
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis). Further etymology is uncertain.
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹtəmɪs/
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Proper nounEdit
Artemis
- (Greek mythology) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo. (Compare Diana.)
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek. The usual male variation is Artemios.
- (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.
- 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:
- (astronomy) The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
- (NASA, space science) A United States space program, and the associated vehicles, used for human travel to the moon in the 2020s.
SynonymsEdit
- (sister of Apollo): Agrotora, Aphaea, Cynthia, Diana, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
Greek goddess
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See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Arthur Cotterell, Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology (Oxford University Press, 1986)
AnagramsEdit
- AIRMETs, Maestri, Reitsma, Ritsema, Ter Sami, imarets, maestri, maister, maistre, mariets, masrite, mirates, misrate, smartie
FinnishEdit
Proper nounEdit
Artemis
DeclensionEdit
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Artemiitta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Artemis (type vieras) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Artemiini | Artemiimme |
| 2nd person | Artemiisi | Artemiinne |
| 3rd person | Artemiinsa | |
| 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 | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Artemiksetta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
| Possessive forms of Artemis (type vastaus) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | Artemikseni | Artemiksemme |
| 2nd person | Artemiksesi | Artemiksenne |
| 3rd person | Artemiksensa | |
AnagramsEdit
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).
Proper nounEdit
Artemis c (genitive Artemis)