Phoebe

See also phoebe

Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek Φοίβη (phoibe)

Proper noun

Phoebe

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae — an evergreen tree.

See also

• Phoebe (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Phoebe (plant)
• Phoebe on Wikispecies. Wikispecies

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English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• (given name) Phebe, Phœbë

Etymology

Ancient Greek Φοίβη, feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoebus, “bright”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iːbi

Proper noun

Phoebe

1. A female given name.
2. (Greek mythology) A Titan, the daughter of Uranus and Gaia. She became associated with Artemis, goddess of the moon.
3. (astronomy) The 14th moon of Saturn.

Derived terms

• Phoebean

Related terms

• Phoebus

Quotations

• 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene: II: ii: 44:

  Now hath faire Phoebe with her silver face

  Thrise seene the shadowes of the neather world

• 1901 American Standard Bible: Romans 16:1:

  I commend unto you Phoebe our sister who is a servant of the church that is at Cenchreae.

Translations

given name

• Marathi: फीबी (mr) (fībī) f

Titan

• Marathi: फीबी (mr) (fībī) f

• Portuguese: Febe (pt) f

moon of Saturn

• Marathi: फीबी (mr) (fībī) m

• Portuguese: Febe (pt)