σελην-ίτης[ῑ] λίθος,ὁ ,
A. moon-stone,selenite, i.e. foliated sulphate of lime, so called because it was supposed to wax and wane with the moon, Dsc. 5.141 , Procl. Sacr. p.149
B.
2. οἱ Σεληνῖται the men in the moon, Luc. VH 1.18 : fem. -ίτιδες, γυναῖκες
Herodor. 21
J.
b. a people of Arcadia, Dionys. Chalcidensis ap.Sch.A.R. 4.264 .