English
Artemis
Pronunciation
  • (GA) IPA: /ˈɑɹtəmɪs/
Proper noun
  1. (Greek god) 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. The usual male variation is Artemios.
  3. (very, rare) A male given name.
    • 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, […]
    • 2012, Kristy Dykes, The Tender Heart (Barbour Publishing, ISBN 9781624163036):
      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 ...
    • 2009, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox (Penguin UK, ISBN 9780141909684):
      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.
  4. (astronomy) The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
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