artemisia
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
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Noun edit
artemisia (plural artemisias)
- Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavouring.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 112:
- In the event of anyone wishing to invoke the very Prince of Spirits, the following ingredients were prescribed to be burnt - Juice of Hypericon, Saffron, Artemisia, and the root of Valerian.
- 2010, Graeme Tobyn, Alison Denham, Margaret Whitelegg, The Western Herbal Tradition, Elsevier Health Sciences, →ISBN, page 125:
- Our central issue, however, is whether the artemisia of Dioscorides is mugwort. Fuchs in Germany shows no hesitation in accepting the beyfusz of his country, called armoise by the French and Artemisia latifolia or broadleaved artemisia by the Italians, is the artemisia of Dioscorides, Galen, and Pliny, and he quotes them exactly on the plant's medicinal actions.
Translations edit
plant of the genus Artemisia
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Further reading edit
- Artemisia (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin artemīsia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμῑσία (artemīsía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
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artemisia f (plural artemisie)
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.teˈmi.si.a/, [ärt̪ɛˈmɪs̠iä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.teˈmi.si.a/, [ärt̪eˈmiːs̬iä]
Noun edit
artemisia f (genitive artemisiae); first declension
- mugwort (or similar plant)
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | artemisia | artemisiae |
Genitive | artemisiae | artemisiārum |
Dative | artemisiae | artemisiīs |
Accusative | artemisiam | artemisiās |
Ablative | artemisiā | artemisiīs |
Vocative | artemisia | artemisiae |
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Noun edit
artemisia f (plural artemisias)
- Alternative form of artemisa
Further reading edit
- “artemisia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014