Phoebe

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See also: phoebe, phœbe, and Phœbë

Translingual

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē)

Proper noun

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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.

Hypernyms

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Hyponyms

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References

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Lauraceae
Cerambycidae

English

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

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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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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Translations

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Further reading

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Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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

Proper noun

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Phoebe

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

Latin

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).

Pronunciation 1

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Proper noun

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Phoebē f sg (genitive Phoebēs); first declension

  1. (Greek mythology) Phoebe
Declension
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First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Phoebē
Genitive Phoebēs
Dative Phoebae
Accusative Phoebēn
Ablative Phoebē
Vocative Phoebē

Pronunciation 2

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Proper noun

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Phoebe

  1. vocative singular of Phoebus

References

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  • 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.