Phoebe

Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē)

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.

• (genus in Lauraceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, magnoliids – clades; Laurales – order; Lauraceae – family
• (genus in Cerambycidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Chrysomeloidea – superfamily; Cerambycidae – family; Lamiinae - subfamily; Hemilophini - tribe

• (genus): Phoebe lanceolata - type species. For some of the more than 100 species see Phoebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Lauraceae

• Phoebe (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Phoebe (Lauraceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Phoebe at Plants of the World Online

Cerambycidae

• Phoebe (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoebe (beetle) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Hemilophini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• Phœbe, Phebe, Phœbë

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːbi/

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• Rhymes: -iːbi

Phoebe

1. A female given name from Ancient Greek.
   • 2025 April 24, Vanessa Friedman, “Phoebe Gates, the Daughter of Bill and Melinda Gates, Steps Into the Spotlight”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Ms. Gates, who is named after Phoebe from “The Catcher in the Rye,” grew up in Seattle, the youngest of three.

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).
6. (astronomy) The 14th moon of Saturn.

• Phoebean

• Phoebus

• Phoebe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoebe (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoebe (Greek myth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Phoebe (Titaness) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• behope, ephebo

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

Phoebe

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

From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key):
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key):

Phoebē f sg (genitive Phoebēs); first declension

1. (Greek mythology) Phoebe

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

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Phoebe

1. vocative singular of Phoebus

• “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.