Artemis

Proper noun

Artemis

1. (Greek) The Greek goddess of the hunt, wild animals, and wilderness; the daughter of Leto and Zeus; the sister of Apollo.
   • The perception of it added something that was little short of reverence to the deep affection for him of a woman who, herself, had more of Artemis than of Aphrodite in her constitution.1886 May – 1887 April, Thomas Hardy, The Woodlanders […], volume III, London; New York, N.Y.: Macmillan and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 180
   • Ah! here is the duchess, looking like Artemis in a tailor-made gown.1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward Lock & Co., →OCLC

   Synonyms:

   Agrotora, Aphaea, Cynthia, Diana, Kourotrophos, Locheia, Phoebe, Potnia Theron

2. (rare) A female given name from Ancient Greek, masculine equivalent Artemios.
3. (rare) A male given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 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, […]1934, United States Senate Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry, Munitions Industry: Hearings Before the Special Committee Investigating the Munitions Industry, United States...
   • 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.2009, Eoin Colfer, Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox, Penguin UK, →ISBN
4. The main-belt asteroid 105 Artemis, discovered in 1868.
5. A United States space program, and the associated vehicles, used for human travel to the Moon in the 2020s. (See Artemis program on Wikipedia.)
   • Nasa announced on Friday radical changes to its delayed Artemis III mission to land humans back on the moon, as the US space agency grapples with technical glitches and criticism that it is trying to do too much too soon.2026 February 27, Ed Pilkington, “Nasa announces Artemis III mission no longer aims to send humans to moon”, in The Guardian, →ISSN