Phoebus

See also: Phœbus

English

Alternative forms

Phœbus (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin Phoebus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖβος (Phoîbos).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfiːbəs/

Proper noun

Phoebus

(Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios, after his maternal aunt, Phoebe.
(Greek mythology, Roman mythology) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo.

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “[the] Radiant [One]”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰoe̯.bus/, [ˈpʰoe̯.bʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfɛ.bus/, [ˈfɛː.bus]

Proper noun

Phoebus m (genitive Phoebī); second declension

Apollo, i.e. Phoebus Apollo, the "radiant one"

Declension

Second declension.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Phoebus
Genitive	Phoebī
Dative	Phoebō
Accusative	Phoebum
Ablative	Phoebō
Vocative	Phoebe

Derived terms

Phoebas
Phoebēius
Phoebēus

References

Phoebus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Phoebus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Phoebus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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