I.a daughter of Cadmus, and mother of Bacchus by Jupiter; nom. Semele, Ov. M. 3, 293; id. F. 6, 485; id. Tr. 4, 3, 67; id. Am. 3, 3, 37; Hyg. Fab. 167 and 179; gen. Semelae, Ov. F. 6, 503: “Semeles,” Hor. C. 1, 19, 2; Tib. 3, 4, 45; Ov. M. 3, 274; 3, 278; dat. Semelae, Prop. 2, 28 (3, 24), 27; acc. Semelen, Ov. M. 3, 261; id. F. 3, 715: “Semelam,” Macr. S. 1, 12; abl. Semelā, Cic. Tusc. 1, 12, 28; id. N. D. 2, 24, 62; Prop. 2, 30 (3, 28), 29: “Semele,” Hyg. Fab. 179.—Hence,
A. Sĕmĕlēïus , a, um, adj., of or belonging to Semele: “proles,” i. e. Bacchus, Ov. M. 3, 520; 5, 329; 9, 640: “Thyoneus,” i. e. Bacchus, Hor. C. 1, 17, 22.—