Artemis
English
Artemis
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis).
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹtəmɪs/
Proper noun
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. The male variation is Artemios.
- (astronomy) The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
Synonyms
- (sister of Apollo): Agrotora, Aphaea, Cynthia, Diana, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron
Derived terms
Translations
Greek goddess
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References
- Arthur Cotterell, Oxford Dictionary of World Mythology (Oxford University Press, 1986)
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