Phoebus

[ fee-buhs ]

noun

Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
Literary. the sun personified.

Origin of Phoebus

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

Words Nearby Phoebus

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How to use Phoebus in a sentence

The god Phoebus, who is a true god, has been charioted for an hour-and were you not to be on the ramparts by sunrise?
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe | Edgar Allan Poe
Airy, winged, like arrow-flights of Phoebus Apollo; very superlative Speeches indeed.
History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) | Thomas Carlyle
After Phoebus had eaten his fill and Jocelyn had thrown a thick traveling cloak over his armor, he returned to the room.
The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion | Eugne Sue
"It is Phoebus, my horse," cried Jocelyn, agreeably reminded that he had left the animal tied close to the tourney.
The Iron Trevet or Jocelyn the Champion | Eugne Sue
They dream of a Paradise beyond death; but where thou reignest, O Phoebus, there is bliss even on earth!
Serapis, Complete | Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for Phoebus

Phoebus

/ (ˈfiːbəs) /

noun

Also called: Phoebus Apollo Greek myth Apollo as the sun god
poetic a personification of the sun

Origin of Phoebus

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

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