Artemisium

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek Ἀρτεμίσιον (Artemísion)

Proper noun

Artemisium

  1. A cape north of Euboea, Greece.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἀρτεμῑ́σιον (Artemī́sion).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.teˈmiː.si.um/, [ärt̪ɛˈmiːs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ar.teˈmi.si.um/, [ärt̪eˈmiːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Artemīsium n sg (genitive Artemīsiī or Artemīsī); second declension

  1. (geography) A promontory of Euboea
  2. A mountain forming the boundary between Argolis and Arcadia
  3. A fortress in Macedonia built at the mouth of the river Rechius
  4. A promontory of Caria

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case 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
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