Phoebe

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See also: phoebe, phœbe, and Phœbë

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē)

Proper noun

Phoebe f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, native to Asia and the Americas.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.

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References

Lauraceae
Cerambycidae

English

Phoebe (5), as imaged by the Cassini probe.

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Phoebe

  1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
  2. (Greek mythology) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
  3. (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).
  4. (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).
  5. (astronomy) The 14th moon of Saturn.

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Anagrams

Cebuano

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”). As a given name, partially from Phoebe Cates.

Proper noun

Phoebe

  1. a female given name from English
  2. a moon of Saturn
  3. (Greek mythology) Phoebe

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).

Pronunciation 1

Proper noun

Phoebē f sg (genitive Phoebēs); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Phoebe
Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Phoebē
genitive Phoebēs
dative Phoebae
accusative Phoebēn
ablative Phoebē
vocative Phoebē

Pronunciation 2

Proper noun

Phoebe

  1. vocative singular of Phoebus

References

  • “Phoebe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Phoebe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Phoebe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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