artemis
IPA: ˈɑrtɪmɪs
Root Word: Artemis
noun
- (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 from Ancient Greek. The usual male variation is Artemios.
- (very rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
- (astronomy) The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
- (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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Examples of "artemis" in Sentences
- See the Artemis entry in the comic.
- Artemis statue in on of Geneva parks.
- Callisto was a nymph of the goddess Artemis.
- Artemis was not in a boarding school in this story.
- Artemis Entreri makes an appearance in this module.
- This was considered by Artemis to be a mortal insult.
- It was sacred to Artemis, the chaste goddess of the hunt and moon.
- Angeline Fowl is the wife of Artemis Fowl I and the mother of Artemis Fowl II.
- As Koboi gloats, Artemis reveals that he is in fact the Artemis from the past.
- Another monstrous force at work is the disaffected goddess of chastity, Artemis.
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