- σελήνη
- σελήνηGrammatical information: f.Meaning: `moon' (Il.).Other forms: Dor. -άνα, Aeol. -άννα.Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. ἀ-σέληνος `moonless' (Th. a.o.).Derivatives: 1. σελην-αίη, Dor. σελαναία f. = σελήνη (ep. poet. Il.; like Άθηναίη a. o., Schwyzer 469); 2. -ιον n. `phase of the moon, contour of the moon etc.' (Arist., Thphr. a. o.), also as plantname like -ῖτις a.o. (Strömberg 133); 3. des. of moon-shaped ornaments: -άριον n., -ίς f., -ίσκος m. (late); 4. -ίτης (λί-θος) m. "moonstone", `selenite' (Dsc. a. o.; Redard 60), also (f. -ῖτις) `moon dweller etc.' (Luc., Ath. a. o.); 5. -ιεῖα n. pl. `moon feast' (pap. IIa; Mayser I:3, 95); 6. Adj. -αῖος `moonlit, concerning the moon' (Orac. ap. Hdt., A. R. a. o.), -ιακός `belonging to the moon' (Plu. a.o.; after ἡλι-ακός); 7. Verb -ιάζομαι (Ev. Matt., Vett. Val.), also -(ι)άζω, -ιάω (Man.), `to be moonstruck, i.e. to be epileptic' with -ιασμός m. (Vett. Val.).Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]Etymology: Formation with νᾱ-suffix from σέλας (s. v.) after the older synonym in Lat. lūna etc.; s. λύχνος and Scherer Gestirnnamen 71 ff. w. further lit. Cf. on 2. μήν.Page in Frisk: 2,690-691
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.