"Σεμέλη" meaning in All languages combined

See Σεμέλη on Wiktionary

Proper name [Ancient Greek]

IPA: /se.mé.lɛː/, /seˈme.li/, /seˈme.li/, /se.mé.lɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /seˈme.le̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /seˈme.li/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /seˈme.li/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /seˈme.li/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: * From the ancient Greek words σείω (seíō, “shake”) + μέλος (mélos, “member, part of the body”), because she was shaking when she saw Zeus coming to her as fire. * Otherwise from a Thracian *semela, *semla (“earth”) continuing Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), thus an Earth Goddess. See also Phrygian Ζεμελω (Zemelō) and ζεμελως (zemelōs, “man”), Lithuanian žemė, Latvian zeme, Bulgarian земля (zemlja), Russian земля (zemlja), and Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr). Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|σείω|μέλος|t1=shake|t2=member, part of the body}} σείω (seíō, “shake”) + μέλος (mélos, “member, part of the body”), {{der|grc|txh|*semela}} Thracian *semela, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰéǵʰōm||earth}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), {{cog|xpg|Ζεμελω}} Phrygian Ζεμελω (Zemelō), {{cog|lt|žemė}} Lithuanian žemė, {{cog|lv|zeme}} Latvian zeme, {{cog|bg|земля}} Bulgarian земля (zemlja), {{cog|ru|земля}} Russian земля (zemlja) Head templates: {{grc-proper noun|Σεμέλης|f|first}} Σεμέλη • (Semélē) f (genitive Σεμέλης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|Σεμέλη|ης|form=FS}} Forms: Semélē [romanization], Σεμέλης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ Σεμέλη [nominative, singular], τῆς Σεμέλης [genitive, singular], τῇ Σεμέλῃ [dative, singular], τὴν Σεμέλην [accusative, singular], Σεμέλη [singular, vocative]
  1. Semele, mother of Dionysus Wikipedia link: Semele, bg:Иван Дуриданов Categories (topical): Greek mythology
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      "ipa": "/se.mé.lɛː/",
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      "ipa": "/seˈme.le̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
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      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
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