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Definition of Selene
1. Noun. (Greek mythology) goddess of the Moon in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Luna.
2. Noun. A genus of Carangidae.
Generic synonyms: Fish Genus
Group relationships: Carangidae, Family Carangidae
Definition of Selene
1. Proper noun. (Greek god) The goddess of the Moon. ¹
2. Proper noun. (qualifier rare) (Ancient Greek female given name). ¹
3. Proper noun. (qualifier poetic) the moon ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Selene
Literary usage of Selene
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Warner Library by Charles Dudley Warner, Harry Morgan Ayres, John William Cunliffe, Helen Rex Keller, Gerhard Richard Lomer (1917)
"selene—Ask that son of yours, Aphrodite. He is to blame for all this. ...
selene—To my mind he is very handsome indeed, Aphrodite; especially when he lies ..."
2. A Hand-book to the Order Lepidoptera by William Forsell Kirby (1896)
"Papilio selene, Denis and Schiff., Syst. Verz. Schmett. Wien, p. 321, no. ii (1776);
... selene, Steph., 111. Brit. Ent. Haust., i-, p. ..."
3. Greek and Roman [mythology] by William Sherwood Fox (1916)
"selene ("Moon") was too transparently a definite material body to become invested
with the many and varied traits which go to make up a great personality. ..."
4. The Old and New Testament connected in the history of the Jews and by Humphrey Prideaux (1836)
"selene was called Cleopatra,10 and so- were also two other of her sisters.
And, in like manner, their daughter of Lathyrus, whose proper name was Berenice, ..."
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