Phoebus

[fee-buhs]

noun

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

2. Literary.,  the sun personified.

Phoebus

/ ˈfiːbəs /

noun

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

2. poetic,  a personification of the sun

Other Word Forms

• Phoebean adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Phoebus¹

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