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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

  • καὶ μὴ ἀναβλέψασ εἰσ τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ καὶ πάντα τὸν κόσμον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, πλανηθεὶσ προσκυνήσῃσ αὐτοῖσ καὶ λατρεύσῃσ αὐτοῖσ, ἃ ἀπένειμε Κύριοσ ὁ Θεόσ σου αὐτὰ πᾶσι τοῖσ ἔθνεσι τοῖσ ὑποκάτω τοῦ οὐρανοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 4:19)
  • ὅτι ὄψομαι τοὺσ οὐρανούσ, ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου, σελήνην καὶ ἀστέρασ, ἃ σὺ ἐθεμελίωσασ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 8:4)
  • ἐποίησε σελήνην εἰσ καιρούσ, ὁ ἥλιοσ ἔγνω τὴν δύσιν αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 103:19)
  • τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺσ ἀστέρασ εἰσ ἐξουσίαν τῆσ νυκτόσ, ὅτι εἰσ τὸν αἰῶνα τὸ ἔλεοσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 135:9)
  • ἦ οὐχ ὁρῶ μὲν ἥλιον τὸν ἐπιφαύσκοντα ἐκλείποντα, σελήνην δὲ φθίνουσαν̣ οὐ γὰρ ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖσ ἐστιν. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 31:26)

Synonyms

  1. moon

  2. month

  3. type of plant

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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