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σεληνίτης

σεληνίτης, moon

σελην-ίτης [ῑ] λίθος, ὁ,
  • moon-stone, selenite, i.e. foliated sulphate of lime, so called because it was supposed to wax and wane with the moon, Dsc. 5.141, Procl. Sacr. p.149 B.
      • 2 οἱ Σεληνῖται the men in the moon, Luc. VH 1.18: fem. -ίτιδες, γυναῖκες Herodor. 21 J.
        • b a people of Arcadia, Dionys. Chalcidensis ap. Sch. A.R. 4.264.

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