"σελήνη" meaning in Ancient Greek

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "selēnī́tēs",
      "word": "σεληνῑ́της"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*selasnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *selasnā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σέλας"
      },
      "expansion": "σέλας (sélas)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *selasnā, whence also σέλας (sélas).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "selḗnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελήνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ σελήνη",
      "roman": "hē selḗnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σελήνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ selḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ σελῆναι",
      "roman": "hai selênai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς σελήνης",
      "roman": "tês selḗnēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελήναιν",
      "roman": "toîn selḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σεληνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn selēnôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ σελήνῃ",
      "roman": "têi selḗnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελήναιν",
      "roman": "toîn selḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς σελήναις",
      "roman": "taîs selḗnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν σελήνην",
      "roman": "tḕn selḗnēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σελήνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ selḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς σελήνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s selḗnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελήνη",
      "roman": "selḗnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελήνᾱ",
      "roman": "selḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελῆναι",
      "roman": "selênai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σελήνης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "σελήνη • (selḗnē) f (genitive σελήνης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σελήνη",
        "2": "σελήνης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "english": "sun",
      "roman": "hḗlios",
      "word": "ἥλιος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "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.\nτῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ διακοσμεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις κινήσεις αὐτοῖς ἐπιστείλας καὶ δρόμους, οἷς ἂν αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραὶ σημαίνοιντο.\ntêi tetártēi dè diakosmeî tòn ouranòn hēlíōi kaì selḗnēi kaì toîs állois ástrois kinḗseis autoîs episteílas kaì drómous, hoîs àn hai tôn hōrôn periphoraì sēmaínointo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "id": "en-σελήνη-grc-noun-nni0PqAO",
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "id": "en-σελήνη-grc-noun-pcfRcZ4o",
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 39 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 20 39 20",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "12 12 63 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a moon-shaped cake"
      ],
      "id": "en-σελήνη-grc-noun-78CchL81"
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "type of plant"
      ],
      "id": "en-σελήνη-grc-noun-Fw53M2x0"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/se.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈle̝.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "mḗn",
      "word": "μήν"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "selā́nā",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "σελᾱ́νᾱ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "roman": "selánnā",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "σελᾰ́ννᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σελήνη"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 3-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from a Pre-Greek substrate",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Ancient Greek terms with redundant script codes"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "selēnī́tēs",
      "word": "σεληνῑ́της"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "qsb-grc"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "dercat"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*selasnā"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *selasnā",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σέλας"
      },
      "expansion": "σέλας (sélas)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *selasnā, whence also σέλας (sélas).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "selḗnē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελήνης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ σελήνη",
      "roman": "hē selḗnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σελήνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ selḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ σελῆναι",
      "roman": "hai selênai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς σελήνης",
      "roman": "tês selḗnēs",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελήναιν",
      "roman": "toîn selḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῶν σεληνῶν",
      "roman": "tôn selēnôn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ σελήνῃ",
      "roman": "têi selḗnēi",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τοῖν σελήναιν",
      "roman": "toîn selḗnain",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς σελήναις",
      "roman": "taîs selḗnais",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν σελήνην",
      "roman": "tḕn selḗnēn",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὼ σελήνᾱ",
      "roman": "tṑ selḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς σελήνᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s selḗnās",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελήνη",
      "roman": "selḗnē",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελήνᾱ",
      "roman": "selḗnā",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "σελῆναι",
      "roman": "selênai",
      "source": "inflection",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σελήνης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first"
      },
      "expansion": "σελήνη • (selḗnē) f (genitive σελήνης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "σελήνη",
        "2": "σελήνης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "sun",
      "roman": "hḗlios",
      "word": "ἥλιος"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "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.",
          "text": "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.\nτῇ τετάρτῃ δὲ διακοσμεῖ τὸν οὐρανὸν ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἄστροις κινήσεις αὐτοῖς ἐπιστείλας καὶ δρόμους, οἷς ἂν αἱ τῶν ὡρῶν περιφοραὶ σημαίνοιντο.\ntêi tetártēi dè diakosmeî tòn ouranòn hēlíōi kaì selḗnēi kaì toîs állois ástrois kinḗseis autoîs episteílas kaì drómous, hoîs àn hai tôn hōrôn periphoraì sēmaínointo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "moon"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "moon",
          "moon"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "month"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "month",
          "month"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "a moon-shaped cake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "type of plant"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/se.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/se.lɛ̌ː.nɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈle̝.ne̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/seˈli.ni/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "roman": "mḗn",
      "word": "μήν"
    },
    {
      "roman": "selā́nā",
      "tags": [
        "Doric"
      ],
      "word": "σελᾱ́νᾱ"
    },
    {
      "roman": "selánnā",
      "tags": [
        "Aeolic"
      ],
      "word": "σελᾰ́ννᾱ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "σελήνη"
}