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artemisia

See also: Artemisia and artemísia

English

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Etymology

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From Latin artemisia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

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artemisia (plural artemisias)

  1. Any of many aromatic flowering plants of the genus Artemisia, including wormwood, sagebrush, and tarragon, often used as traditional medicine, oral contraceptive and flavoring.
    • 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.

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Italian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin artemīsia, from Ancient Greek ἀρτεμῑσία (artemīsía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

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  • IPA(key): /ar.teˈmi.zja/
  • Rhymes: -izja
  • Hyphenation: ar‧te‧mì‧sia

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artemisia f (plural artemisie)

  1. artemisia

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

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artemisia f (genitive artemisiae); first declension

  1. mugwort (or similar plant)

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative artemisia artemisiae
Genitive artemisiae artemisiārum
Dative artemisiae artemisiīs
Accusative artemisiam artemisiās
Ablative artemisiā artemisiīs
Vocative artemisia artemisiae

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /aɾteˈmisja/ [aɾ.t̪eˈmi.sja]
  • Rhymes: -isja
  • Syllabification: ar‧te‧mi‧sia

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artemisia f (plural artemisias)

  1. Alternative form of artemisa

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