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.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, magnoliids - clades; Laurales - order; Lauraceae - family
Hyponyms
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References
Phoebe (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Phoebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Phoebe (Lauraceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).
Pronunciation
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- 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.
Quotations
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 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.
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
given name
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Titan
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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
- a female given name from English
- a moon of Saturn
- (Greek mythology) Phoebe
Latin
Proper noun
(deprecated template usage) Phoebe
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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