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σελήνη

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: σελήνη σελήνης

Structure: σελην (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: se/las

Sense

  1. moon
  2. month
  3. a moon shaped cake
  4. type of plant

Declension

First 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.

Examples

  • πάλαι γὰρ ἐπακροῶμαί σου παρακολουθῶν ἡλίουσ καὶ σελήνασ, ἔτι δὲ τὰ φορτικὰ ταῦτα σταθμούσ τινασ καὶ παρασάγγασ ὑποξενίζοντοσ. (Lucian, Icaromenippus, (no name) 1:5)
  • πολλὰσ σελήνασ, δέκα διελθούσασ ἔτη. (Euripides, Helen, episode 5:52)
  • διὸ τὴν τράπεζαν κυκλοειδῆ κατεσκευάσαντο καὶ τοὺσ τρίποδασ τοὺσ τοῖσ θεοῖσ καθαγιζομένουσ κυκλοτερεῖσ καὶ ἀστέρασ ἔχοντασ,7 καὶ φθόεισ, οὓσ καὶ καλοῦσι σελήνασ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 781)
  • "καὶ γὰρ ἡλίουσ καὶ σελήνασ καὶ Ἀπόλλωνασ καὶ Ἀρτέμιδασ καὶ Ποσειδῶνασ ἐν ἀπείροισ κόσμων περιόδοισ ἀπείρουσ ποιοῦσιν. (Plutarch, De defectu oraculorum, section 293)
  • Ξενοφάνησ πολλοὺσ εἶναι ἡλίουσ καὶ σελήνασ κατὰ τὰ κλίματα τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἀποτομὰσ καὶ ζώνασ· (Pseudo-Plutarch, Placita Philosophorum, book 2, 6:1)

Synonyms

  1. moon

  2. month

  3. type of plant

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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