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noun · femininefirst declension

artemisia1

artemisia f (genitive artemisiae)
Classical[ar.tɛˈmɪ.si.a]Ecclesiastical[ar.teˈmiː.s̬i.a]

Meaning

  1. femininemugwort (or similar plant)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeartemisiaartemisiae
genitiveartemisiaeartemisiārum
dativeartemisiaeartemisiīs
accusativeartemisiamartemisiās
ablativeartemisiāartemisiīs
vocativeartemisiaartemisiae

Artĕmĭsĭa, ae, f., = Ἄρτεμισία.
I. Wife of King Mausolus, in Caria, to whom, after his death, she built the renowned Mausoleum, Gell. 10, 18.—
II. artĕmĭsĭa, ae, f., the plant mugwort, Plin. 25, 7, 36, § 73; App. Herb. 10.

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἀρτεμισία (artemisía), from Ἄρτεμις (Ártemis, “Artemis, the goddess”).

Descendants
  • Frencharmoisefrom Old French ermoize
  • Italianartemisia
  • Catalanartemisafrom Old Occitan artemezia
  • Catalanartemísiafrom Old Occitan artemezia
  • Occitanartemisafrom Old Occitan artemezia
  • Portugueseartemigem
  • Portugueseartemísia
  • Spanishartemisia
  • Spanishartemisa
  • Englishartemisia

In English words that came into English from artemisia

  • artemisiaartemisia
proper noun · femininefirst declension
Artemī̆sia2
Artemī̆sia f sg (genitive Artemī̆siae)
Classical[ar.tɛˈmiː.si.a]Ecclesiastical[ar.teˈmiː.s̬i.a]

Meaning

  1. Artemisia I of Caria (Queen of Halicarnassus, Cos, Nisyros, and Calyndos circa 480 BC; daughter of Lygdamis and mother of Pisindelis; commander-in-person of her forces at the naval battles of Artemisium and Salamis during the Greco-Persian Wars)
  2. Artemisia II of Caria (sister, wife, and successor [353–351 BC] of King Mausolus of Caria, after whose death and in whose honour she ordered the building of the renowned Mausoleum at Halicarnassus)
    Ut Artemisia illa, Mausoli Cariae regis uxor, quae nobile illud Halicarnasi fecit sepulcrumTake the case of Artemisia, the wife of Mausolus, King of Caria, who made that noble sepulchre at Halicarnassus106 BCE – 43 BCE, Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes 3.75
  3. Isle of Palmaiola (an islet of the Tuscan Archipelago, on the Tyrrhenian Sea)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeArtemī̆sia—
genitiveArtemī̆siae—
dativeArtemī̆siae—
accusativeArtemī̆siam—
ablativeArtemī̆siā—
vocativeArtemī̆sia—
locativeArtemī̆siae—

Origins

From the Ancient Greek Ἀρτεμῑσῐ́ᾱ (Artemīsĭ́ā).

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

Quick answers

What does artemisia mean in Latin?
artemisia, a noun, means “mugwort (or similar plant)”.
What is the genitive of artemisia?
The genitive singular is artemisiae. artemisia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce artemisia?
In classical Latin, [ar.tɛˈmɪ.si.a]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ar.teˈmiː.s̬i.a].