Φοίβη
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Ancient Greek
Etymology
Feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “Phoebus”), with the suffix -η (-ē).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pʰǒi̯.bɛː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈpʰy.be̝/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈɸy.βi/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈfy.vi/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈfi.vi/
Proper noun
Φοίβη • (Phoíbē) f (genitive Φοίβης); first declension
Declension
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
Phoebe (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - “Φοίβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- G5402 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022
