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σέλας • ‎(sélas) n ‎(genitive σέλαος); third declension

Third declension of σέλας, σέλαος (uncontracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σέλας	σέλαε	σέλαᾰ
Genitive	σέλαος	σελάοιν	σελάων
Dative	σέλαϊ	σελάοιν	σέλασσῐ(ν)
Accusative	σέλας	σέλαε	σέλαᾰ
Vocative	σέλας	σέλαε	σέλαᾰ

Dialectal forms:
Notes:	This inflection pattern originally had a sigma (i.e. *σέλασος), which was dropped early on in the history of Ancient Greek.

Third declension of σέλας, σέλως (contracted)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	σέλας	σέλᾱ	σέλᾱ
Genitive	σέλως	σελῷν	σελῶν
Dative	σέλαι, σέλᾳ	σελῷν	σέλασῐ(ν)
Accusative	σέλας	σέλᾱ	σέλᾱ
Vocative	σέλας	σέλᾱ	σέλᾱ

Dialectal forms:
Notes:	The irregular accentuation of this paradigm is explained by the fact that it is the contracted version of the above paradigm. The alpha in the dative singular is properly short, but is sometimes written with ᾳ (with iota subscript), possibly by analogy to the form in first declension alpha inflection.

σέλας in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
«σέλας» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
«σέλας» in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- beam idem, page 66.
- blaze idem, page 82.
- brightness idem, page 98.
- coruscation idem, page 175.
- flame idem, page 325.
- flash idem, page 326.
- glare idem, page 361.
- gleam idem, page 361.
- glimmer idem, page 362.
- glitter idem, page 362.
- light idem, page 490.
- lustre idem, page 505.
- resplendence idem, page 704.
- sunbeam idem, page 838.
LSJ 8th edition

σέλας • ‎(sélas) n ‎(plural σέλατα)

declension of σέλας