different between nemesis vs invidia

English

Etymology

From the Greek goddess of retribution Nemesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?m?s?s/

Noun

nemesis (plural nemeses)

1. (chiefly Canada, US) An archenemy

2. (chiefly non-North American usage) A person or character who specifically brings about the downfall of another person or character.
3. The principle of retributive justice.
4. (usually in the singular, formal) A punishment or defeat that is deserved and cannot be avoided.
5. The polar opposite of a character.
6. A righteous infliction of retribution manifested by an appropriate agent.

Coordinate terms

• antagonist
• villain
• rival
• bane
• archenemy
• adversary

Derived terms

• archnemesis
• chocolate nemesis
• nemetic

Translations

Anagrams

• Meissen, Semiens, misseen, siemens

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n?m?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ne.me.sis/, [?n??m?s?is]

Noun

nemesis f (genitive nemesis or nemese?s or nemesios); third declension

1. nemesis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

• Italian: nemesi
• Swedish: nemesis

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin invidia (“envy”). Doublet of the obsolete inveggia, itself probably taken from Old Occitan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /in?vi.dja/

Noun

invidia f (plural invidie)

1. envy

Related terms

• invidiabile
• invidiare
• invidioso
• invido

Verb

invidia

1. third-person singular present of invidiare
2. second-person singular imperative of invidiare

See also

• sette peccati capitali

Anagrams

• divinai
• indivia

Latin

Etymology

From invidus (“envious”), from invide? (“envy, grudge”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in?u?i.di.a/, [?n?u??d?iä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in?vi.di.a/, [in?vi?d?i?]

Noun

invidia f (genitive invidiae); first declension

1. envy, grudge, jealousy, prejudice, spite
2. an object of ill-will
3. odium, unpopularity, dislike, infamy, resentment, ill-will

Declension

First-declension noun.

Derived terms

• invidi?sus

Related terms

Descendants

References

• invidia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• invidia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• invidia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• invidia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• invidia in William Smith, editor (1848) A Dictionary of Greek Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Romanian

Etymology

From invidie +? -a or Italian invidiare.

Verb

a invidia (third-person singular present invidiaz?, past participle invidiat) 1st conj.

1. to envy

Conjugation

Spanish

Noun

invidia f (plural invidias)

1. Obsolete spelling of envidia