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Phoebus
[ fee-buhs ]
noun
- Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
- Literary. the sun personified.
Phoebus
/ ˈfiːbəs /
noun
- Also calledPhoebus Apollo Greek myth Apollo as the sun god
- poetic.a personification of the sun
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Other Words From
- Phoe·be·an [fi-, bee, -, uh, n, fee, -bee-], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Phoebus1
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
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Phoebus1
C14: via Latin from Greek Phoibos bright; related to phaos light
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Example Sentences
It is as though Phœbus blew upon them with unprecedented force.
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Prophecy belonged to him, and it was from this god Phœbus received oracular gifts.
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Phœbus, we are happy to say to our girl correspondents, is bright and happy, and in excellent voice.
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In the meantime young Phœbus,—her Phœbus as he had been once,—was thinking altogether of some one else.
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That is flattering to me,—looking at the position in which you desire to place your Phœbus at the present moment.
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