Artemisia

artemisia artemísia Translingual thumb|Artemisia absinthium Etymology From mul grc Ἄρτεμις Artemis, the ancient Greek goddess of forests and hills. Proper noun f 1 genus family Asteraceae artemisias and plants known as wormwood, sagebrush, and mugwort Hypernyms genus ; Asteroideae subfamily subfamily; Anthemideae tribe tribe Hyponyms genus Artemisia vulgaris species (common wormwood, mugwort) type species; Artemisia absinthium species (absinthe), Artemisia dracunculus species (tarragon), Artemisia annua species (sweet wormwood), Artemisia abrotanum species (southernwood), Artemisia pontica species (Roman wormwood), Artemisia tridentata species (big sagebrush) selected species; for other species see 1 References Artemisia (genus) 1 1 ARTEM 35431 mul taxonomic eponyms mul Artemisias Latin Etymology From the la grc Ἀρτεμῑσῐ́ᾱ. Pronunciation Artemī̆sia 1 la Ar te mi si a Proper noun Artemī̆sia<1.loc> Only the name of the island can take the locative case. en 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 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 la Cicero Tusculanae Disputationes 3 75 Ut Artemisia illa, Mausoli Cariae regis uxor, quae nobile illud Halicarnasi fecit sepulcrum Take the case of Artemisia, the wife of Mausolus, King of Caria, who made that noble sepulchre at Halicarnassus la Vitruvius la Pliny the Elder la Aulus Gellius Isle of en Palmaiola an islet of the Tuscan Archipelago, on the Tyrrhenian Sea la Pliny the Elder Declension Artemī̆sia<1.loc> Only the name of the island can take the locative case. Synonyms islet of Palmaiola la Columbaria, la Palmariola References Artĕmĭsĭa 2 Artĕmīsĭa 2_Artemisia 166/2 1 Artemisia¹ 176/1 Further reading Artemisia I la Palmariola Artemisia insula la la Individuals Islands