Phoebe

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

Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, bright).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfiːbi/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iːbi

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.

Case 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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