"σέλας" meaning in Ancient Greek

See σέλας in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /sé.las/, /ˈse.las/, /ˈse.las/, /sé.las/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈse.las/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈse.las/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈse.las/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈse.las/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: Uncertain. Possibly from Pre-Greek with other derivative σελήνη (selḗnē). Etymology templates: {{unc|grc}} Uncertain, {{cog|qsb-grc}} Pre-Greek Head templates: {{grc-noun|σέλᾰος|n|third|head=σέλᾰς}} σέλᾰς • (sélas) n (genitive σέλᾰος); third declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|σέλᾰς|σέλᾰος|form=N}}, {{grc-decl|σέλᾰς|σέλως|form=N}}, {{grc-decl|σέλᾰς|σέλᾰτος|form=N}} Forms: σέλᾰς [canonical], sélas [romanization], σέλᾰος [genitive], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ σέλᾰς [nominative, singular], τὼ σέλᾰε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σέλᾰᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σέλᾰος [genitive, singular], τοῖν σελᾰ́οιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σελᾰ́ων [genitive, plural], τῷ σέλᾰῐ̈ [dative, singular], τοῖν σελᾰ́οιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σέλᾰσῐ [dative, plural], σέλᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs sélasi [dative, plural], toîs sélasin [dative, plural], τὸ σέλᾰς [accusative, singular], τὼ σέλᾰε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σέλᾰᾰ [accusative, plural], σέλᾰς [singular, vocative], σέλᾰε [dual, vocative], σέλᾰᾰ [plural, vocative], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ σέλᾰς [nominative, singular], τὼ σέλᾱ [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σέλᾱ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σέλως [genitive, singular], τοῖν σελῷν [dual, genitive], τῶν σελῶν [genitive, plural], τῷ σέλαι [dative, singular], σέλᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν σελῷν [dative, dual], τοῖς σέλᾰσῐ [dative, plural], σέλᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs sélasi [dative, plural], toîs sélasin [dative, plural], τὸ σέλᾰς [accusative, singular], τὼ σέλᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σέλᾱ [accusative, plural], σέλᾰς [singular, vocative], σέλᾱ [dual, vocative], σέλᾱ [plural, vocative], Attic declension-3 [table-tags], τὸ σέλᾰς [nominative, singular], τὼ σέλᾰτε [dual, nominative], τᾰ̀ σέλᾰτᾰ [nominative, plural], τοῦ σέλᾰτος [genitive, singular], τοῖν σελᾰ́τοιν [dual, genitive], τῶν σελᾰ́των [genitive, plural], τῷ σέλᾰτῐ [dative, singular], τοῖν σελᾰ́τοιν [dative, dual], τοῖς σέλᾰσῐ [dative, plural], σέλᾰσῐν [dative, plural], toîs sélasi [dative, plural], toîs sélasin [dative, plural], τὸ σέλᾰς [accusative, singular], τὼ σέλᾰτε [accusative, dual], τᾰ̀ σέλᾰτᾰ [accusative, plural], σέλᾰς [singular, vocative], σέλᾰτε [dual, vocative], σέλᾰτᾰ [plural, vocative]
  1. light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire
    Sense id: en-σέλας-grc-noun-xgJVUtMv Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek neuter nouns in the third declension: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 38 9 30 9 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 38 9 29 9 14
  2. shine
    Sense id: en-σέλας-grc-noun-bXy~6KHO
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        "genitive"
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      "form": "τῶν σελῶν",
      "roman": "tôn selôn",
      "source": "inflection",
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        "plural"
      ]
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      ]
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      "form": "σέλᾳ",
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        "singular"
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        "nominative"
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      "form": "τοῖν σελᾰ́τοιν",
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    {
      "form": "τῷ σέλᾰτῐ",
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      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σέλᾰος",
      "roman": "toû sélaos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελᾰ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn seláoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σελᾰ́ων",
      "roman": "tôn seláōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σέλᾰῐ̈",
      "roman": "tôi sélaï",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελᾰ́οιν",
      "roman": "toîn seláoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σέλᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sélasi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sélasin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "tò sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σέλᾰε",
      "roman": "tṑ sélae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σέλᾰᾰ",
      "roman": "tà sélaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰε",
      "roman": "sélae",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰᾰ",
      "roman": "sélaa",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "tò sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σέλᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ sélā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σέλᾱ",
      "roman": "tà sélā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σέλως",
      "roman": "toû sélōs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελῷν",
      "roman": "toîn selôin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σελῶν",
      "roman": "tôn selôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σέλαι",
      "roman": "tôi sélai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾳ",
      "roman": "sélāi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελῷν",
      "roman": "toîn selôin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σέλᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sélasi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sélasin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "tò sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σέλᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ sélā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σέλᾱ",
      "roman": "tà sélā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾱ",
      "roman": "sélā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾱ",
      "roman": "sélā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-3",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Third declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "tò sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σέλᾰτε",
      "roman": "tṑ sélate",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σέλᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tà sélata",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῦ σέλᾰτος",
      "roman": "toû sélatos",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "toîn selátoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σελᾰ́των",
      "roman": "tôn selátōn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῷ σέλᾰτῐ",
      "roman": "tôi sélati",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελᾰ́τοιν",
      "roman": "toîn selátoin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖς σέλᾰσῐ",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰσῐν",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sélasi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "toîs sélasin",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὸ σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "tò sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σέλᾰτε",
      "roman": "tṑ sélate",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾰ̀ σέλᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "tà sélata",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰς",
      "roman": "sélas",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰτε",
      "roman": "sélate",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σέλᾰτᾰ",
      "roman": "sélata",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σέλᾰος",
        "2": "n",
        "3": "third",
        "head": "σέλᾰς"
      },
      "expansion": "σέλᾰς • (sélas) n (genitive σέλᾰος); third declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σέλᾰς",
        "2": "σέλᾰος",
        "form": "N"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σέλᾰς",
        "2": "σέλως",
        "form": "N"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σέλᾰς",
        "2": "σέλᾰτος",
        "form": "N"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.366"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 19.375"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 8.563"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 17.739"
        },
        {
          "text": "800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 18.353"
        },
        {
          "text": "750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, The Shield of Heracles 275"
        },
        {
          "text": "522 BCE – 443 BCE, Pindar, Pythian Ode 3.69"
        },
        {
          "text": "458 BCE, Aeschylus, Agamemnon 281"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "light",
          "light"
        ],
        [
          "brightness",
          "brightness"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "shine"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "shine",
          "shine"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/sé.las/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.las/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.las/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sé.las/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.las/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.las/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.las/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈse.las/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σέλας"
}

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