σέλας
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
σέλας
σέλατος
Structure:
σελατ
(Stem)
+
ς
(Ending)
Sense
- light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire
- shine
Declension
Third declension
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- δέρκετο μὲν γλαυκῶν βλεφάρων σέλασ, ἔδρακε δειρὴν χρυσῷ δαιδαλέην, ἐφράσσατο κόσμον ἑκάστησ καὶ πιέρνησ μετόπισθε καὶ αὐτῶν ἴχνια ταρσῶν. (Colluthus, Rape of Helen, book 168)
- εὑρ͂ε γὰρ ἐν τεμένει ἑκατηβόλου Ἀπόλλωνοσ αὐτὸν καὶ πατέρα ὅν Ἄρην, ἀάτον πολέμοιο, τεύχεσι λαμπομένουσ σέλασ ὣσ πυρὸσ αἰθομένοιο, ἑσταότ’ ἐν δίφρῳ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 4:2)
- τῆλε δ’ ἀπ’ αἰθομένων δαί̈δων σέλασ εἰλύφαζε χερσὶν ἔνι δμῳῶν· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 25:18)
- ἀπὸ τούτου ἐν νυκτὶ σέλασ πολλὸν ἀπολάμπεται, ὑπὸ δὲ οἱ καὶ ὁ νηὸσ ἅπασ οἱο͂ν ὑπὸ λύχνοισι φαείνεται, ἐν ἡμέρῃ δὲ τὸ μὲν φέγγοσ ἀσθενέει, ἰδέην δὲ ἔχει κάρτα πυρώδεα, καὶ ἄλλο θωυμαστόν ἐστιν ἐν τῷ ξοάνῳ. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 32:8)
- ἀπὸ γὰρ ἀγλα‐ ῶν λάμπε γυίων σέλασ ὧτε πυρόσ, ἀμφὶ χαίταισ δὲ χρυσεόπλοκοι δίνηντο ταινίαι· (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17
5:6)
Synonyms
-
light
- φλόξ (flame, blaze)
- αὐγή (any bright light, as of fire)
-
shine
