Artemisium
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ἀρτεμίσιον (Artemísion).
Proper noun
Artemisium
Translations
a cape north of Euboea, Greece
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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρτεμῑ́σιον (Artemī́sion).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ar.tɛˈmiː.si.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ar.t̪eˈmiː.s̬i.um]
Proper noun
Artemīsium n sg (genitive Artemīsiī or Artemīsī); second declension
- a cape in the north of the island of Euboea, Greece
- a mountain forming the boundary between Argolis and Arcadia in modern Greece
- a fortress in Macedonia built at the mouth of the river Rechius, in modern Greece
- a promontory in Caria, in modern Turkey
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | Artemīsium |
| genitive | Artemīsiī Artemīsī1 |
| dative | Artemīsiō |
| accusative | Artemīsium |
| ablative | Artemīsiō |
| vocative | Artemīsium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Further reading
- “Artemisium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “Artemisium”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
- Artemisium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.