Selene

[ si-lee-nee ]

/ sɪˈli ni /

noun

the Greek goddess of the moon.Compare Thyone.

Also Se·le·na. a female given name.

Origin of Selene

From the Greek word Selḗnē the moon

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Examples from the Web for selene

When Selene re-enters her orb, she will not disquiet herself about the disorders of its interregnum.
Hypolympia|Edmund Gosse
Among the spiders (a numerously represented order) the most notable is a bird-killing species, Selene scomia javanensis.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 3|Various
The first period of mans life was under the influence of Isis, the moon (Luna, Selene).
A Manual of the Historical Development of Art|G. G. (Gustavus George) Zerffi
Wait till Orion thunders overhead and Selene, crowned with the crescent moon, drives up the zenith in her white-horsed chariot.
Day and Night Stories|Algernon Blackwood

"Let him be," said Selene, as she saw her father about to don the saffron cloak.
The Emperor, Complete|Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for selene

Selene

/ (sɪˈliːnɪ) /

noun

the Greek goddess of the moonRoman counterpart: Luna

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Word Origin and History for selene

Selene

moon goddess, equivalent of Latin Luna, from Greek selene "the moon; name of the moon goddess," related to selas "light, brightness, bright flame, flash of an eye," from PIE root *swel- (2) "to shine, beam" (cf. Sanskrit svargah "heaven," Lithuanian svilti "to singe," Old English swelan "to be burnt up," Middle Low German swelan "to smolder"); related to swelter, sultry. Related: Selenian "of or pertaining to the moon as a world," 1660s.