Phoebus

//ˈfiː.bəs// name

name ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    An epithet and synonym for Helios; Phoebus Helios. Greek

    "Mor. Miſlike me not for my complexion, The ſhadowed liuerie of the burniſht ſunne, To whom I am a neighbour, and neere bred. Bring me the faireſt creature North-ward borne, Where Phœbus fire ſcarce thawes the yſicles, And let vs make inciſion for your loue, To proue whoſe blood is reddeſt, his or mine."

  2. 2
    An epithet and synonym for Apollo; Phoebus Apollo. Greek, Roman

    "By Phœbus, here's a moſt neate fine ſtreete; is't not? I proteſt to thee, I am enamord of this ſtreete now, more then of halfe the ſtreetes of Rome, againe; tis ſo polite, and terſe; […]"

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phoebus apolloagdistisamen-raamoraphroditeapollo

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""What does Phoebus mean?" "It's a Latin word that means sun.""

Etymology

From Middle English Phebus, from Latin Phoebus, from Ancient Greek Φοῖβος (Phoîbos).

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