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Se·le·ne

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–noun

1.	the Greek goddess of the moon. Compare Thyone.

2.	Also, Se·le·na. a female given name.

[Origin: < Gk Selné the moon

]

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n. Greek Mythology
The goddess of the moon.

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Selene

moon goddess, from Gk. selene "moon," related to selas "light, brightness, flame," from PIE base *swel- "to burn" (cf. Skt. svargah "heaven," Lith. svilti "to singe," O.E. swelan "to be burnt up," M.L.G. swelan "to smolder"); related to swelter, sultry. The element selenium was named in Mod.L. for Selene by Berzelius (1818), on analogy of tellurium, uranium, etc.

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