English

Alternative forms

• Phœbus (archaic)

Proper noun

Phoebus

1. (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios, after his maternal aunt, Phoebe.
2. (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo, after his maternal grandmother, Phoebe.
3. (Roman mythology) An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo.

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Φοῖβος ‎(Phoîbos, “[the] Radiant [One]”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰoe̯.bus/, [ˈpʰoe̯.bʊs]

Proper noun

Phoebus m ‎(genitive Phoebī); second declension

1. Apollo, i.e. Phoebus Apollo, the "radiant one"

Declension

Second declension.

Derived terms

• Phoebas
• Phoebēius
• Phoebēus

References

• Phoebus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Phoebus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Phoebus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.