Nemesis

See also: nemesis, Némesis, and Nêmesis

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *németi

Proto-Hellenic *némō

Ancient Greek νέμω (némō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek νέμεσις (némesis)

Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis)bor.

English Nemesis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis, “Nemesis, goddess of retribution”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɛməsɪs/

• Audio (US):

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Proper noun

Nemesis

1. (Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution.

   Coordinate term: Invidia

2. (astronomy) 128 Nemesis, a main belt asteroid.
3. (astronomy) A hypothetical star postulated to be orbiting the Sun to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record.

Derived terms

• Nemesic

Translations

Greek goddess of retribution

• Armenian: Նեմեսիս (hy) (Nemesis)
• Catalan: Nèmesis f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 涅墨西斯 (Nièmòxīsī)

• Czech: Nemesis f
• Dutch: Nemesis f
• Finnish: Nemesis
• French: Némésis (fr) f
• German: Nemesis (de) f
• Greek: Νέμεσις (el) f (Némesis)

  Ancient Greek: Νέμεσις f (Némesis)

• Hebrew: נמסיס
• Hungarian: Nemeszisz
• Italian: Nemesi (it) f
• Japanese: ネメシス (ja) (Nemeshisu)
• Korean: 네메시스 (Nemesiseu)
• Latin: Nemesis (la) f
• Polish: Nemezis (pl) f
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian Portuguese: Nêmesis f

  European Portuguese: Némesis (pt) f

• Romanian: Nemesis f
• Russian: Немези́да (ru) f (Nemezída)
• Spanish: Némesis (es) f
• Turkish: Nemesis (tr)
• Ukrainian: Немези́да f (Nemezýda)

Further reading

• Nemesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• 128 Nemesis on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Nemesis (hypothetical star) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Messine, Semiens, Meissen, Siemens, misseen, siemens, Siemsen

Danish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis).

Proper noun

Nemesis (genitive Nemesis')

1. (Greek mythology) Nemesis

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈneːmezɪs/, /ˈnɛmezɪs/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Proper noun

Nemesis f (genitive Nemesis)

1. (Greek mythology) Nemesis

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *nem-der.

Proto-Indo-European *németi

Proto-Hellenic *némō

Ancient Greek νέμω (némō)

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Hellenic *-tis

Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs)

Ancient Greek -σις (-sis)

Ancient Greek νέμεσις (némesis)

Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis)bor.

Latin Nemesis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis).

Proper noun

Nemesis f sg (genitive Nemesis or Nemeseōs); third declension

1. Nemesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem), singular only.

	singular
nominative	Nemesis
genitive	Nemesis Nemeseōs
dative	Nemesī
accusative	Nemesin Nemesim
ablative	Nemesī
vocative	Nemesis