Artimitei

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: name of a goddess (Il.)

Dialectal forms: Myc. atemito \/ Artemitos\/; atimite \/ Artimitei\/. Dor. Ἄρταμις, - ιτος; Boeot. id. - ιδος; ῎Αρτεμις, - ιτος Delphi (SIG 671 etc.).

Derivatives: Άρτεμίσιος, Άρταμίτιος m., also Άρτεμισιών, month name (Th.), - ον n. ` tempel of A.' (Hdt.). - ἀρτεμιδήϊον n., ἀρτεμισία f. plant name, s. Strömberg 100.

Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]

Etymology: The forms have e\/i, which may point to Pre-Greek. There is further e\/a (s. Fur. 185), which is rather an old phenomenon than a recent assimilation; and there is t\/d (Myc. has -t-: there is a special sign for -d-); note that the forms in - σιον- presuppose a -t- (the -d- can be easily secondary, as seems confirmed by Myc.). -- The name is found in Lydian inscriptions (Artimuś, Artimu-), which in itself does not prove that the name comes from Lydia or Asia Minor (as thought v. Wilamowitz, Hellenistische Dichtung 2, 50; Glaube 1, 324). Lycian has ertemi. -- Improbable is Illyrian origin (from Illyr. * artos `bear', Ruipérez Emerita 15, 1ff. and Zephyrus 2, 89ff.). Against the interpretation as `bear-godess' (to ἄρκτος; lastly Pisani Rev. ét. anc. 37, 149f.) s. Kretschmer Glotta 27, 34, who connects ἄρταμος `butcher', which seems very improbable. Improbable vW. -- Nilsson Gr. Rel. 1, 451ff.; s. Ruipérez l. c. for details; Chantraine L'ant. class. 22, 67.

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