proper noun · masculinesecond declension
Phoebus
Phoebus m sg (genitive Phoebī)
Classical[ˈpʰoe̯.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈfɛː.bus]
Meaning
- GreekmasculinesingularApollo, i.e. Phoebus Apollo, the "radiant one"
Non tamen Egeriae luctus aliena levare damna valent; montisque iacens radicibus imis liquitur in lacrimas, donec pietate dolentis mota soror Phoebi gelidum de corpore fontem
But the woes of others did not have the strength to lift Egeria's griefs; and lying at the lowest roots of a mountain she melted into tears, until, moved by the faithfulness of her suffering, the sister of Phoebus made from her body a cool spring, and weakened her limbs into eternal streams.8 CE, Ovidius, Metamorphoses 15.547–551
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Phoebus | — |
| genitive | Phoebī | — |
| dative | Phoebō | — |
| accusative | Phoebum | — |
| ablative | Phoebō | — |
| vocative | Phoebe | — |
Phoebus, i, m., = Φοῖβος (the radiant),
I. a poetical appellation of Apollo as the god of light:
quae mihi Phoebus Apollo Praedixit, Verg. A. 3, 251; Hor. C. S. 62; Prop. 1, 2, 27.—Poet. for the sun: dum rediens fugat astra Phoebus, Hor. C. 3, 21, 24: Phoebi pallidus orbis, Ov. R. Am. 256; id. M. 2, 110: tristior iccirco nox est, quam tempora Phoebi, id. R. Am. 585.—Hence, A. Phoe-bēĭus, a, um, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean:
juvenis, i. e. Æsculapius, Stat. S. 3, 4, 6: anguis, of Æsculapius, Ov. M. 15, 742: ictus, of the sun, id. ib. 5, 389: ales, the raven, so called because metamorphosed by Apollo, Stat. S. 2, 4, 17: oscen, Aus. Idyll. 11, 15: Idmon, son of Phœbus, Val. Fl. 1, 228: Circe, daughter of Sol, Petr. 135.—B. Phoe-bēus, a, um, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean:
carmina, Lucr. 2, 504: lampas, the sun, Verg. A. 4, 6: virgo, Daphne, Ov. P. 2, 2, 82: laurus, id. Tr. 4, 2, 51: Rhodos, where the worship of Apollo prevailed, id. M. 7, 365: lyra, id. H. 16, 180: sortes, oracle, id. M. 3, 130: tripodes, id. A. A. 3, 789: Phoebeā morbos pellere arte, id. F. 3, 827.—C. Phoebas, ădis, f., a priestess of Apollo; hence the inspired one, the prophetess, Ov. Am. 2, 8, 12; id. Tr. 2, 400; Luc. 5, 128; 165.
Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
Phoebus ī, m
, Φοίβος, Apollo as the god of light, V., H.—The sun: dum fugat astra Phoebus, H., O.
Origins
Borrowed from Ancient Greek Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “[the] Radiant [One]”).
Descendants
- EnglishPhoebusfrom Middle English Phebus
- FrenchPhébus
- FrenchPhœbus
- RussianФеб