Luna
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin lūna/Lūna, by way of Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”).
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Luna
- (Roman mythology) The sister of Aurora and Sol; the goddess of the moon; equivalent to the Greek Selene.
- (chiefly science fiction or poetic) The name of Earth's moon; Moon.
- 1868, George Villiers Duke of Buckingham, Edward Arber, The Rehearsal: With Illustrations from Previous Plays, Etc, page 129:
- Luna that ne'er shines by day.
- 1896, The Era Almanack, Dramatic & Musical, page 22:
- He has but little prudence, no apprehension of consequences, and none of that melancholy which in tempraments of Luna and Venus is generally felt, and from which he is saved by the combination of Mars and Mercury.
- 1909, Govind H. Keskar, Combined Introductory Astrology, page 14:
- The different visible shapes of Luna are called her phases.
- 2011, Charles Lee Lesher, Aldrin Station - Rise of Luna:
- Lagrange point L1 is the perfect location for humanity's next major space station, the natural gateway to the moon. This one-of-a-kind point in space is located on the direct line between Earth and Luna about 200,000 miles from Earth, or conversely, a mere 39,000 miles above the geometric center of Luna's nearside.
- A female given name from Latin.
- 1837, James Hogg, “The Mysterious Bride”, in Talks and Sketches: The Shepherd's Calendar, Blackie & Son, page 343:
- - - - and it so happened, that in one of old Bryan's daughters named Luna, or more familiarly Loony, he perceived, or thought he perceived, some imaginary similarity in form and air to the lovely apparition.
- 2003, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 236:
- A few seconds later, Luna Lovegood emerged, trailing behind the rest of the class, a smudge of earth on her nose, and her hair tied in a knot on the top of her head.
- (alchemy) Silver.
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Etymology 1Edit
From Spanish luna, from Latin lūna.
Proper nounEdit
Luna
- a female given name from Spanish
Etymology 2Edit
From Spanish luna, from dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”).
Proper nounEdit
Luna
- a surname from Aragonese
Etymology 3Edit
From English luna, from Latin lūna, by way of Middle English lune, luna (“the moon”).
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Luna
DanishEdit
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Luna
- (Roman mythology) Luna
- a female given name of modern usage
GermanEdit
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Luna
- (Roman mythology) Luna
- a female given name of modern usage
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin Lūna, from Old Latin losna, from Proto-Italic *louksnā, from Proto-Indo-European *lówksneh₂, derived from the root *lewk- (“bright”). Cognates include Armenian լուսին (lusin), Spanish luna, Portuguese lua, Romanian lună, Russian луна́ (luná).
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Luna f
- (astronomy, astrology) the Moon
- c. 1226, Francis of Assisi, Cantico delle creature [Canticle of the Creatures][1], printed by the Biblioteca del Sacro Convento di San Francesco, page 2:
- Laudato ſi mi ſignore ᵱ ſora luna e le ſtelle, in celu lai foꝛmate clarite ⁊ p̃tioſe ⁊ belle.
- Praised be you, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in heaven you have made them clear and precious and beautiful.
- 1321, Dante Alighieri, “Inferno [Hell]”, in La divina commedia [The Divine Comedy][2], 1st edition, Foligno: Printed by Johannes Numeister and Evangelista Mei, published 1472, Canto VII, lines 64-66:
- che tutto l oro che ſotto la luna ¶ et che gia fu de queſte anime ſtanche ¶ none potrebbe farne poſar una
- « […] for all the gold that is beneath the moon, or ever has been, of these weary souls could never make a single one repose».
- (mythology, Roman mythology) Luna
- Synonym: (Greek mythology) Selene
- (heraldry) a full moon
- a female given name from Latin
- a surname
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Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Star | Sole | |||||||||||||||||
IAU planets, Ceres and Pluto | Mercurio | Venere | Terra | Marte | Cerere | Giove | Saturno | Urano | Nettuno | Plutone | ||||||||
Notable moons |
— | Luna | Fobos Deimos |
— | Io Europa Ganimede Callisto |
Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto |
Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon |
Tritone | Caronte |
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LatinEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
Proper nounEdit
Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension
- personification: Luna, the goddess of the moon
- Alternative form of lūna; the Moon
- AD 334–7, Julius Firmicus Maternus (author), Wilhelm Kroll and Franz Skutsch (editors), Matheseos libri VIII, Leipzig: In aedibus B. G. Teubneri, volume I: Libros IV priores et quinti prooemium continens (1897), book iv, chapter i, § 10 (page 199, lines 16–19):
- Est itaque Luna aut synodica aut plena aut dichotomos aut menoides aut amficyrtos et per has mutata formas cursum menstrui luminis complet.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- AD 334–7, Julius Firmicus Maternus (author), Wilhelm Kroll and Franz Skutsch (editors), Matheseos libri VIII, Leipzig: In aedibus B. G. Teubneri, volume I: Libros IV priores et quinti prooemium continens (1897), book iv, chapter i, § 10 (page 199, lines 16–19):
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lūna |
Genitive | Lūnae |
Dative | Lūnae |
Accusative | Lūnam |
Ablative | Lūnā |
Vocative | Lūna |
Etymology 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper nounEdit
Lūna f sg (genitive Lūnae); first declension
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
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Nominative | Lūna |
Genitive | Lūnae |
Dative | Lūnae |
Accusative | Lūnam |
Ablative | Lūnā |
Vocative | Lūna |
Locative | Lūnae |
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RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Hungarian Lóna, from Old Church Slavonic [Term?].
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Audio (file)
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Luna f
SloveneEdit
EtymologyEdit
See lúna.
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Lúna f
- the Moon (of Earth)
InflectionEdit
Feminine, a-stem | ||
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nominative | Lúna | |
genitive | Lúne | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Lúna | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
— | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
— | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
— | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Lúni | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Lúno |
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Luna f
- Earth's Moon
- a female given name of modern usage
Etymology 2Edit
From dialectal Aragonese luna (“lights”), a habitational name for someone living by an open courtyard.
Proper nounEdit
Luna f
- a surname from Aragonese
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Proper nounEdit
Luna
- a female given name from Spanish