Translingual

Etymology

Ancient Greek Φοίβη ‎(Phoíbē)

Proper noun

Phoebe f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, native to Asia and the Americas.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, magnoliids - clades; Laurales - order; Lauraceae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Phoebe lanceolata - type species. For some of the more than 100 species see Phoebe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

• (given name) Phebe, Phœbë

Proper noun

Phoebe

1. A female given name.
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.

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

Latin

Noun

Phoebe

1. vocative singular of Phoebus

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
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “Phoebe”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

English

Phoebe

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• phebe

Noun

phoebe ‎(plural phoebes)

1. Any of several birds of the genus Sayornis.

See also

• Phoebe