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Artemis

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See also: Artémis, Ártemis, and Àrtemis

English

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Etymology

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

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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, masculine equivalent 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, []
    • 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.
    • 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 ...
  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.

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References

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

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Finnish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Artemis

  1. (Greek mythology) Artemis

Declension

More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...
More information nominative, genitive ...
More information first-person singular possessor, singular ...

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Swedish

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).

Proper noun

Artemis c (genitive Artemis)

  1. (Greek mythology) Artemis

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Turkish

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Proper noun

Artemis

  1. (Greek mythology) Artemis

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