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σελήν-ιον

selenion · τό

moonlight, moonʼs phases, the outline of the moon

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What it meant

σελήν-ιον · selēn-ion — LSJ

moonlight, moonʼs phases, the outline of the moon, little moon

Dim. of σελήνη, moonlight, πρὸς τὸ σ. Ath. 7.276e; ἅμα τῷ σ. with the moonʼs phases, Arist. Mir. 834b4; the outline of the moon, Thphr. Sign. 38; little moon, D.Chr. 7.70.

II

= γλυκυσίδη, Ps.-Dsc. 3.140; cf. σελήνη 1.4.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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