Artemis en · PROPN
Pronunciation
- /ˈaɾ.tʌ.mɪs/ (Scotland)
- /ˈɑː.tə.mɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈɐː.tə.məs/ (New-Zealand)
- /ˈɑː(ɾ).ʈe.mɪs/ (India)
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈɑɹ.tə.mɪs/ (Canada, General-American)
- /ˈɐː.tə.mɪs/ (Australia)
- /ˈɒɹ.tə.mɪs/ (Canada, General-American, also)
- /ˈaɾ.tə.mɪs/ (Scotland)
- är′tə-mĭs
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ρτεμις (Ắrtemis). Further etymology is uncertain.
Meanings
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(Greek) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo.
Ah! here is the duchess, looking like Artemis in a tailor-made gown.
1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC:And the Elders know, as if they had seen with their own eyes, that monstrous sacrifice of his own daughter Iphigenia at Aulis, whereby Agamemnon had released the fleet, storm-stayed by the will of Artemis, and served his own ambition.
1924, Herbert Weir Smyth, “VI. Orestea. I: Agamemnon”, in Aeschylean Tragedy, page 155:The perception of it added something that was little short of reverence to the deep affection for him of a woman who, herself, had more of Artemis than of Aphrodite in her constitution.
1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders […], volume III, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 180:Or shall we run with Artemis / Or yield the breast to Aphrodite? / Both are mighty; / Both give bliss;
1901, George Meredith, “The Vital Choice”, in A Reading of Life, with Other Poems, Westminster: Archibald Constable and Co:
- (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Artemios.
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(rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
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 ...
2012, Kristy Dykes, The Tender Heart, Barbour Publishing, →ISBN: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, […]
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: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.
2009, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, Penguin UK, →ISBN:
- The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
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A United States space program, and the associated vehicles, used for human travel to the Moon in the 2020s. (See Artemis program on Wikipedia.)
Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with technical glitches and criticism that it is trying to do too much too soon.
2026 February 27, Ed Pilkington, “Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
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Synonyms
Diana (sister of Apollo) · Locheia (sister of Apollo) · Cynthia (sister of Apollo) · Aphaea (sister of Apollo) · Potnia Theron (sister of Apollo) · Phoebe (sister of Apollo) · Agrotora (sister of Apollo) · Kourotrophos (sister of Apollo)
Translations (71)
sh Artèmida (Greek goddess) · cop ⲁⲣⲧⲩⲙⲓⲥ (Greek goddess) · gmy 𐀀𐀳𐀖𐀵 (Greek goddess) · tg Ортемис (Greek goddess) · be Артэмі́да (Greek goddess) · el Άρτεμη (Greek goddess) · ru Артеми́да (Greek goddess) · az Артемида (Greek goddess) · hi आर्टेमिस (Greek goddess) · nl Artemis (Greek goddess) · es Artemisa (Greek goddess) · pt Artemisa (Greek goddess) · pt Artémis (Greek goddess) · el Άρτεμις (Greek goddess) · ur آرْتِمِیس (Greek goddess) · fi Artemis (Greek goddess) · pt Ártemis (Greek goddess) · id Artemis (Greek goddess) · cmn 阿耳忒彌斯 /阿耳忒弥斯 (Greek goddess) · mk Артеми́да (Greek goddess) · fr Artémis (Greek goddess) · mr आर्टेमिस (Greek goddess) · ja アルテミス (Greek goddess) · da Artemis (Greek goddess) · ky Артемида (Greek goddess) · es Ártemis (Greek goddess) · or ଆର୍ଟେମିସ୍ (Greek goddess) · kk Артемида (Greek goddess) · ro Artemis (Greek goddess) · cop ⲁⲣⲇⲩⲙⲓⲥ (Greek goddess) · et Artemis (Greek goddess) · th อาร์เตมิส (Greek goddess) · pl Artemida (Greek goddess) · uk Артемі́да (Greek goddess) · sk Artemis (Greek goddess) · hy Արտեմիս (Greek goddess) · eo Artemiso (Greek goddess) · ka არტემიდა (Greek goddess) · grc Ἄρτεμις (Greek goddess) · it Artemide (Greek goddess) · lv Artemīda (Greek goddess) · sv Artemis (Greek goddess) · az Artemida (Greek goddess) · ka არტემისი (Greek goddess) · tg Артемида (Greek goddess) · cs Artemis (Greek goddess) · lt Artemidė (Greek goddess) · oc Artèmis (Greek goddess) · fa-ira آرْتِمیس (Greek goddess) · az آرتمیدا (Greek goddess) · tt Артемида (Greek goddess) · ga Artaimís (Greek goddess) · sh Артѐмида (Greek goddess) · gl Artemisa (Greek goddess) · bg Артеми́да (Greek goddess) · ar أَرْتِمِيس (Greek goddess) · nb Artemis (Greek goddess) · hu Artemisz (Greek goddess) · sl Artemida (Greek goddess) · sw Artemi (Greek goddess) · gl Ártemis (Greek goddess) · cop ⲁⲣⲧⲉⲙⲓⲥ (Greek goddess) · ms Artemis (Greek goddess) · ca Àrtemis (Greek goddess) · ko 아르테미스 (Greek goddess) · uz Artemida (Greek goddess) · tr Artemis (Greek goddess) · la Artemis (Greek goddess) · fr Artémide (Greek goddess) · de Artemis (Greek goddess) · sq Artemida (Greek goddess)
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