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"Moon" the English word stems from the Proto-Germanic word *mǣnōn.
The principal modern English adjective pertaining to the Moon is lunar, derived from the Latin Luna. Another less common adjective is selenic, derived from the Ancient Greek Selene (Σελήνη), from which the prefix "seleno-" (as in selenography) is derived.
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Who is the greek godess of the moon?
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.
What is the Roman name and Greek name of the moon?
The Romans referred to the moon as Luna. The Greeks called it Selene. Both names were the names of their respective lunar Goddesses.
Who is the goddess Diana?
The Roman goddess Diana is the Roman goddess of the hunt, the moon, virginity, childbirth, and wildlife. Her Greek counterpart is Artemis.Diana was the Roman goddess of the Hunt and the moon. Her Greek name is Artemis. Diana's symbols are a crescent moon, frogs, bow and arrows, and forest animals (deer, bears, lions, etc.)
What is goddess Diana's Greek name?
The Roman goddesses Diana is the roman aspect of the Greek goddess Artemis, goddess of the hunt, virginity, and later on the moon after Selene retired with her consort Helios.
What is Athena's Greek and Roman name?
Athena is her Greek name. Her Roman name is Minerva.
What is Pandora the Greek goddess Roman name?
Pandora's Roman name is the same as her Greek name.
Who is Diana the Roman Goddess?
The Roman goddess Diana is the goddess of hunting, virginity, childbirth, the moon, and natural environment. Her mother is Latona and her father is Jupiter. Her twin brother is Apollo, the god of the sun and music. Her tree is the Cypress and her animal is the Deer. Her Greek name is Artemis. She hunts with silver arrows with her friends, the nymphs, by her side. She is often showed with a crescent moon over her head.
Which element name is moon in greek?
selenium is the element whose name is moon in Greek
What was the Roman and Greek name of the goddess of the hunt?
Her Greek name is Artemis. Her Roman name is Diana.
What is Mercury's Roman or Greek name?
Mercury is the Roman name; the Greek equivalent was Hermes.
What was Bacchus the Roman goddesses Greek name?
In Greek it was Dionysus. Bacchus was the Roman name.
Greek and roman names for Zeus?
the greek name is Zeus and the roman name is Jupiter.
