moon = Σελήνη (pronlounced seleneh)
Selene. The name Selena comes from it and the word for the study of the Moon's surface: Seleniology. Luna was the Roman God of the Moon.
The moon means Selene in Greek mythology. She is the goddess of the moon. Luna is her Roman goddess counterpart.
In Greek myth the Goddess not God who controlled the Moon was Artemis, she got the Moon due to his brother Apollo got the Sun.
Selene the goddess of the moon was born from two great parents and they were Theia the Titan, goddess of heavenly light and Hyperion the Titan god of light. She was born at a place called the Greek island of rhodes.
Selene.
Month is not a Greek word... it is of Germanic origin and relates to the word 'moon'.
from a variation of the Greek word meaning "moon".
It's the greek word for moon or moonlight.
Artemis is often mistakenly identified with the moon in Greek Myth. Honeymoon has the word "moon" within it.
The word 'lunar' is an adjective of the Moon. As in 'Lunar Phases', (Moon's Phases). However, Moon ; modern English Luna ; Latin (no 'r') Selene ; Classical Greek. Are the nouns for the Moon.
Diemos was a Greek god, i believe the god of terror, fear, etc. The word itself is the Greek word for dread.
Moon ; modern English Luna ; Latin Selene ; Classical Greek.
Selene. The name Selena comes from it and the word for the study of the Moon's surface: Seleniology. Luna was the Roman God of the Moon.
νουμηνία, ας, ἡ or noumenia. It is feminine.
Lunar comes from Luna (Moon in Latin)
Selene is actually a Greek word, not Latin. It means "moon."
Selene is derived from the Greek word "selas," meaning light or brightness. Thus, Selene's name symbolizes her association with illuminating the night sky as the goddess of the moon.