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Phoe⋅bus

  [fee-buhs]
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–noun
1. Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
2. Literary. the sun personified.
Origin:
< L < Gk Phoîbos lit., bright, akin to pháos light; r. ME Phebus < ML; L, as above

Related forms:
Phoe⋅be⋅an  [fi-bee-uhn, fee-bee-] , adjective
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Phoe·bus   (fē'bəs)   
n.  

  1. Greek Mythology Apollo, the god of the sun.

  2. The sun.


[Middle English phebus, from Latin Phoebus, from Greek phoibos, shining, Apollo.]
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