Ἄρτεμις

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Ancient Greek

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Alternative forms

Ἄρταμις (Ártamis) — Doric

Etymology

Uncertain.^[1] Attested from an early date as Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀳𐀖𐀵 (a-te-mi-to) and Mycenaean Greek 𐀀𐀴𐀖𐀳 (a-ti-mi-te);^[2] this and its alternation of e and i led Beekes and Georgios Babiniotis to suggest the name is from a Pre-Greek substrate.^[3]^[4] A connection to Anatolian names has also been suggested;^[5]^[6] Artemis was venerated in Lydia as Artimus.^[7] Ancient Greek writers, by way of folk etymology, linked the name (found in Doric as Artamis) to ἄρταμος (ártamos, “butcher”) or ἀρτεμής (artemḗs, “safe, unharmed; pure; maiden”).^[8] Others compare Artemis to the Cretan Britomartis, with whom she was syncretized.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár.te.mis/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.te.mis/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.te.mis/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.te.mis/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈar.te.mis/

Proper noun

Ἄρτεμις • (Ártemis) f (genitive Ἀρτέμιδος); third declension

(Greek mythology) Artemis, one of the Greek goddesses.
Synonyms: Ταυροπόλος (Tauropólos), Ταυρώ (Taurṓ)

Inflection

Third declension of ἡ Ἄρτεμῐς; τῆς Ἀρτέμῐδος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Ἄρτεμῐς hē Ártemis
Genitive	τῆς Ἀρτέμῐδος tês Artémidos
Dative	τῇ Ἀρτέμῐδῐ têi Artémidi
Accusative	τὴν Ἀρτέμῐδᾰ / Ἄρτεμῐν tḕn Artémida / Ártemin
Vocative	Ἄρτεμῐ Ártemi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

Ἀρταμίτιον (Artamítion)
Ἀρτεμιδόβλητος (Artemidóblētos)
ἀρτεμισίᾱ (artemisíā)
Ἀρτεμισίᾱ (Artemisíā)
Ἀρτεμισιασταί (Artemisiastaí)
Ἀρτεμίσιον (Artemísion)
Ἀρτεμίσιος (Artemísios)
Ἀρτεμισιών (Artemisiṓn)

Descendants

Greek: Άρτεμις (Ártemis), Αρτέμιδα (Artémida), Άρτεμη (Ártemi)
→ Coptic: ⲁⲣⲧⲉⲙⲓⲥ (artemis)
→ Latin: Artemis
→ Old Armenian: Արտեմիս (Artemis)
→ Russian: Артеми́да (Artemída)

References

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Artemis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
^ John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach, "The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary", Glotta, 41:3/4 (1963:157-271), page 176f; C. Souvinous, "A-TE-MI-TO and A-TI-MI-TE", Kadmos, 9, 1970:42–47; T. Christidis, "Further remarks on A-TE-MI-TO and A-TI-MI-TE", Kadmos, 11:125–28.
^ Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, page 142.
^ Babiniotis, Georgios (2005) “Άρτεμις”, in Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας, Athens: Κέντρο Λεξικολογίας, page 286
^ Campanile, Ann. Scuola Pisa, 28:305; Restelli, Aevum, 37:307, 312.
^ Edwin L. Brown, "In Search of Anatolian Apollo", Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr, Hesperia Supplements, 33 (2004:243–257). pages 251ff.
^ Indogermanica et Caucasica: Festschrift fur Karl Horst Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag (Studies in Indo-European language and culture), W. de Gruyter, 1994, Etyma Graeca, pages 213–214; Houwink ten Cate, The Luwian Population Groups of Lycia and Cilicia Aspera during the Hellenistic Period (Leiden) 1961:166, noted in this context by Brown 2004:252.
^ See LSJ.

“Ἄρτεμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“Ἄρτεμις”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
Ἄρτεμις in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
“Ἄρτεμις”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
G735 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,002
Nestle, Eberhard, Aland, Kurt with et al. (2012) Novum Testamentum Graece‎^[2], 28th revised edition, 4th corrected printing edition, Stuttgart: Stuttgart Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, →ISBN
http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Artemis.html

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “Artemis”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

[2] John Chadwick, Lydia Baumbach, "The Mycenaean Greek Vocabulary", Glotta, 41:3/4 (1963:157-271), page 176f; C. Souvinous, "A-TE-MI-TO and A-TI-MI-TE", Kadmos, 9, 1970:42–47; T. Christidis, "Further remarks on A-TE-MI-TO and A-TI-MI-TE", Kadmos, 11:125–28.

[3] Robert S. P. Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek, Brill, 2009, page 142.

[Babiniotis-4] Babiniotis, Georgios (2005) “Άρτεμις”, in Λεξικό της Νέας Ελληνικής Γλώσσας, Athens: Κέντρο Λεξικολογίας, page 286

[5] Campanile, Ann. Scuola Pisa, 28:305; Restelli, Aevum, 37:307, 312.

[6] Edwin L. Brown, "In Search of Anatolian Apollo", Charis: Essays in Honor of Sara A. Immerwahr, Hesperia Supplements, 33 (2004:243–257). pages 251ff.

[7] Indogermanica et Caucasica: Festschrift fur Karl Horst Schmidt zum 65. Geburtstag (Studies in Indo-European language and culture), W. de Gruyter, 1994, Etyma Graeca, pages 213–214; Houwink ten Cate, The Luwian Population Groups of Lycia and Cilicia Aspera during the Hellenistic Period (Leiden) 1961:166, noted in this context by Brown 2004:252.

[LSJ-from-Wikipedia-8] See LSJ.

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