Meanings
- Greekhuman sciencesThe 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., →OCLC3 more examples
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 180Or 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 CoAnd 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 155Synonyms: Agrotora, Aphaea, Cynthia, Diana, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron
- rareA female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Artemios.
- rareA male given name from Ancient Greek.
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 7352 more examples
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, →ISBNShe 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 - astronomyThe main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
- US space programA 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
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo.
Origin
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́ρτεμις
- Ancient GreekᾸ̓́ρτεμις
- EnglishArtemis
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ᾰ̓́ρτεμις (Ắrtemis). Further etymology is uncertain.
More words from Ancient Greek
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek Ἄρτεμις
- Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis)Greek goddess
Arabic أَرْتِمِيس
- أَرْتِمِيس (ʔartimīs)Greek goddess
Bulgarian Артеми́да
- Артеми́да (Artemída)Greek goddess
Catalan Àrtemis
- ÀrtemisGreek goddess
Chinese Mandarin 阿耳忒彌斯 /阿耳忒弥斯
- 阿耳忒彌斯 /阿耳忒弥斯 (Ā'ěrtèmísī)Greek goddess
Czech Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Danish Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Dutch Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Esperanto Artemiso
- ArtemisoGreek goddess
Estonian Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Finnish Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
French Artémis, Artémide
- ArtémisGreek goddess
- ArtémideGreek goddess
German Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Greek Άρτεμη, Άρτεμις
- Άρτεμη (Ártemi)Greek goddess
- Άρτεμις (Ártemis)Greek goddess
Hindi आर्टेमिस
- आर्टेमिस (ārṭemis)Greek goddess
Hungarian Artemisz
- ArtemiszGreek goddess
Indonesian Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Irish Artaimís
- ArtaimísGreek goddess
Italian Artemide
- ArtemideGreek goddess
Japanese アルテミス
- アルテミス (Arutemisu)Greek goddess
Korean 아르테미스
- 아르테미스 (Areutemiseu)Greek goddess
Latin Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Latvian Artemīda
- ArtemīdaGreek goddess
Lithuanian Artemidė
- ArtemidėGreek goddess
Malay Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Norwegian Bokmål Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Polish Artemida
- ArtemidaGreek goddess
Portuguese Ártemis, Artemisa
- ÁrtemisGreek goddess
- ArtemisaGreek goddess
- ArtémisGreek goddess
Romanian Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Russian Артеми́да
- Артеми́да (Artemída)Greek goddess
Slovak Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Spanish Artemisa, Ártemis
- ArtemisaGreek goddess
- ÁrtemisGreek goddess
Swahili Artemi
- ArtemiGreek goddess
Swedish Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Thai อาร์เตมิส
- อาร์เตมิสGreek goddess
Turkish Artemis
- ArtemisGreek goddess
Ukrainian Артемі́да
- Артемі́да (Artemída)Greek goddess
Urdu آرْتِمِیس
- آرْتِمِیس (ārtimīs)Greek goddess
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Cite this entry
Artemis. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Artemis
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