Σελήνη
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Ancient Greek[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Σεληναία (Selēnaía)
Etymology[edit]
From σελήνη (selḗnē).
Pronunciation[edit]
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /se.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /seˈle̝.ne̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /seˈli.ni/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /seˈli.ni/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /seˈli.ni/
Proper noun[edit]
Σελήνη • (Selḗnē) f (genitive Σελήνης); first declension
Inflection[edit]
The personal name rarely takes a definite article.
Synonyms[edit]
- Μήνη (Mḗnē)
Derived terms[edit]
- σεληνιακός (selēniakós)
- σεληνιασμός (selēniasmós)
- σεληνολογία (selēnología)
- σεληνογραφία (selēnographía)
- σεληνόφως (selēnóphōs)
Descendants[edit]
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,025
- http://opsopaus.com/OM/BA/Plethon/Selene.html
Greek[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ancient Greek Σελήνη (Selḗnē).
Pronunciation[edit]
Proper noun[edit]
Σελήνη • (Selíni) f
- (astronomy, formal, literary, poetic) Moon (the earth's orbiting satellite)
- Synonym: (vernacular) φεγγάρι (fengári)
Declension[edit]
Σελήνη
case \ number | singular |
---|---|
nominative | Σελήνη • |
genitive | Σελήνης • |
accusative | Σελήνη • |
vocative | Σελήνη • |
Related terms[edit]
- ασέληνος (asélinos, “moonless”, adjective)
- ημισέληνος f (imisélinos, “halfmoon”)
- σεληνάκατος f (selinákatos, “lunar module”)
Further reading[edit]
- Σελήνη on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
- “Σελήνη”, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998
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