Σελήνη

See also: σελήνη and σελίνι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms
  • Σεληναία (Selēnaía)

Etymology

From σελήνη (selḗnē).

Pronunciation
 

Proper noun

Σελήνη • (Selḗnē) f (genitive Σελήνης); first declension

  1. the earth's Moon
  2. (Greek mythology) Selene, goddess of the Moon

Inflection

Lua error: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) The personal name rarely takes a definite article.

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • σεληνιακός (selēniakós)
  • σεληνιασμός (selēniasmós)
  • σεληνολογία (selēnología)
  • σεληνογραφία (selēnographía)
  • σεληνόφως (selēnóphōs)

Descendants
  • Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)
  • Latin: Selene
  • Turkish: Selene

See also

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /seˈlini/
  • Hyphenation: σε‧λή‧νη
  • Homophone: σελίνι (selíni)

Proper noun

Σελήνη • (Selíni) f

  1. (astronomy, formal, literary, poetic) Moon (the earth's orbiting satellite)
    Synonym: (vernacular) φεγγάρι (fengári)

Declension
  Σελήνη
case     \     number singular
nominative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
genitive Σελήνης •
accusative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •
vocative Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) •

Further reading
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