σελην-ιασμός

σελην-ιασμός, ὁ,

A epilepsy, Vett.Val.127.6, al.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `moon' (Il.).

Other forms: Dor. - άνα, Aeol. - άννα.

Compounds: Often as 2. member, e.g. ἀ-σέληνος `moonless' (Th. a.o.).

Derivatives: 1. σελην-αίη, Dor. σελαναία f. = σελήνη (ep. poet. Il.; like Άθηναίη a. o., Schwyzer 469); 2. - ιον n. `phase of the moon, contour of the moon etc.' (Arist., Thphr. a. o.), also as plantname like - ῖτις a.o. (Strömberg 133); 3. des. of moon-shaped ornaments: - άριον n., - ίς f., - ίσκος m. (late); 4. - ίτης ( λί-θος) m. "moonstone", `selenite' (Dsc. a. o.; Redard 60), also (f. - ῖτις) `moon dweller etc.' (Luc., Ath. a. o.); 5. - ιεῖα n. pl. `moon feast' (pap. II^a; Mayser I:3, 95); 6. Adj. - αῖος `moonlit, concerning the moon' (Orac. ap. Hdt., A. R. a. o.), - ιακός `belonging to the moon' (Plu. a.o.; after ἡλι-ακός); 7. Verb - ιάζομαι (Ev. Matt., Vett. Val.), also -( ι)άζω, - ιάω (Man.), `to be moonstruck, i.e. to be epileptic' with - ιασμός m. (Vett. Val.).

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: Formation with νᾱ-suffix from σέλας (s. v.) after the older synonym in Lat. lūna etc.; s. λύχνος and Scherer Gestirnnamen 71 ff. w. further lit. Cf. on 2. μήν.

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