Nemesis

See also: nemesis, Némesis, and Nêmesis

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈnɛməsɪs/

Proper noun

Nemesis

(Greek mythology) The goddess of divine retribution.
Coordinate term: Invidia
(astronomy) 128 Nemesis, a main belt asteroid.
(astronomy) A hypothetical star postulated to be orbiting the Sun to explain a perceived cycle of mass extinctions in the geological record.

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

European: Némesis (pt) f
Romanian: Nemesis f
Russian: Немези́да (ru) f (Nemezída)
Spanish: Némesis (es) f
Turkish: Nemesis (tr)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens

German

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nemesis f (genitive Nemesis)

(Greek mythology) Nemesis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis).

Proper noun

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

Nemesis

Declension

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

Case	Singular
Nominative	Nemesis
Genitive	Nemesis Nemeseōs
Dative	Nemesī
Accusative	Nemesin Nemesim
Ablative	Nemesī
Vocative	Nemesis

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