Phoebus

[ fee-buhs ]

noun
  1. Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.

  2. Literary. the sun personified.

Origin of Phoebus

1
First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English Febus, Phebus, from Latin Phoebus, from Greek phoîbos “shining, radiant, bright,” used in Homer as epithet and name for Apollo; further origin uncertain

Other words from Phoebus

  • Phoe·be·an [fi-bee-uhn, fee-bee-], /fɪˈbi ən, ˈfi bi-/, adjective

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Phoebus

/ (ˈfiːbəs) /


noun
  1. Also called: Phoebus Apollo Greek myth Apollo as the sun god

  2. poetic a personification of the sun

Origin of Phoebus

1
C14: via Latin from Greek Phoibos bright; related to phaos light

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