Nemesis

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

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.

Translations

Greek goddess of retribution

Armenian: Նեմեսիս (hy) (Nemesis) Catalan: Nèmesi 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: (Portugal) Némesis (pt) f, (Brazil) Nêmesis 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

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Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Nemesis f (genitive Nemesis)

1. (Greek mythology) Nemesis

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Latin

Etymology

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.

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