Phoebe
Translingual

Etymology
Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē)
Proper noun
Phoebe f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, native to Asia and the Americas.
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.
Hypernyms
- (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
Hyponyms
- (genus): Phoebe lanceolata - type species. For some of the more than 100 species see
Phoebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- 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
English

Phoebe (5), as imaged by the Cassini probe.
Etymology
Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiːbi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -iːbi
Proper noun
Phoebe
- A female given name from Ancient Greek.
- (Greek mythology) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
- (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).
- (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).
- (astronomy) The 14th moon of Saturn.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
given name
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Titan
Further reading
Phoebe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phoebe (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phoebe (Greek myth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phoebe (Titaness) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Cebuano
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”). As a given name, partially from Phoebe Cates.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).
Pronunciation 1
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰoe̯.beː/, [ˈpʰoe̯beː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.be/, [ˈfɛːbe]
Declension
First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Phoebē |
Genitive | Phoebēs |
Dative | Phoebae |
Accusative | Phoebēn |
Ablative | Phoebē |
Vocative | Phoebē |
Pronunciation 2
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈpʰoe̯.be/, [ˈpʰoe̯bɛ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfe.be/, [ˈfɛːbe]
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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