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.
(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)
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 f (Némesis)
Ancient: Νέμεσις f (Némesis)

Hebrew: נמסיס‎‎
Hungarian: Nemeszisz
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
Russian: Немези́да (ru) f (Nemezída)
Spanish: Némesis (es) f

Anagrams

Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens

German

Proper noun

Nemesis f (genitive Nemesis)

Nemesis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Νέμεσις (Némesis)

Proper noun

Nemesis f (genitive Nemesis or Nemeseōs); third declension

Nemesis

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Case	Singular
nominative	Nemesis
genitive	Nemesis Nemeseōs
dative	Nemesī
accusative	Nemesin Nemesim
ablative	Nemesī
vocative	Nemesis

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