Σεμέλη

Ancient Greek

From the ancient Greek words σείω (seíō, “shake”) +‎ μέλος (mélos, “member, part of the body”), because she was shaking when she saw Zeus coming to her as fire.
Otherwise from a Thracian Σεμ continuing Proto-Indo-European *dʰéǵʰōm (“earth”), thus an Earth Goddess. See also Phrygian Ζεμελω (Zemelō) and ζεμελως (zemelōs, “man”), and Δημήτηρ (Dēmḗtēr).

Σεμέλη • (Semélē) f (genitive Σεμέλης); first declension

First declension of ἡ Σεμέλη; τῆς Σεμέλης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Σεμέλη hē Semélē
Genitive	τῆς Σεμέλης tês Semélēs
Dative	τῇ Σεμέλῃ têi Semélēi
Accusative	τὴν Σεμέλην tḕn Semélēn
Vocative	Σεμέλη Semélē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.