σελήνη

See also: Σελήνη and σελίνι

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • σελᾱ́νᾱ (selā́nā) — Doric
  • σελᾰ́ννᾱ (selắnnā) — Aeolic

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *selasnā, whence also σέλας (sélas).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

σελήνη • (selḗnē) f (genitive σελήνης); first declension

  1. moon
    • 93/94, Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1, 31, in Henry St. John Thackeray (tr. & ed.), Josephus with an English translation, vol. 4 (Jewish Antiquities, books I–IV), LCL, pages 14-17. Translation by Thackeray.
      τῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ διακοσμεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις κινήσεις αὐτοῖς ἐπιστείλας καὶ δρόμους, οἷς ἂν αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραὶ σημαίνοιντο.
      tēî tetártēi dè diakosmeî tòn ouranòn hēlíōi kaì selḗnēi kaì toîs állois ástrois kinḗseis autoîs episteílas kaì drómous, hoîs àn hai tôn hōrôn periphoraì sēmaínointo.
      On the fourth he adorned the heaven with sun and moon and the other stars, prescribing their motions and courses to indicate the revolutions of the seasons.
  2. month
  3. a moon-shaped cake
  4. type of plant

Inflection

First declension of ἡ σελήνη; τῆς σελήνης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ σελήνη
hē selḗnē 		τὼ σελήνᾱ
tṑ selḗnā 		αἱ σελῆναι
hai selênai
Genitive τῆς σελήνης
tês selḗnēs 		τοῖν σελήναιν
toîn selḗnain 		τῶν σεληνῶν
tôn selēnôn
Dative τῇ σελήνῃ
tēî selḗnēi 		τοῖν σελήναιν
toîn selḗnain 		ταῖς σελήναις
taîs selḗnais
Accusative τὴν σελήνην
tḕn selḗnēn 		τὼ σελήνᾱ
tṑ selḗnā 		τᾱ̀ς σελήνᾱς
tā̀s selḗnās
Vocative σελήνη
selḗnē 		σελήνᾱ
selḗnā 		σελῆναι
selênai
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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