Phoebus
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. Apollo as the sun god.
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Literary. the sun personified.
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Also called: Phoebus Apollo. Greek myth Apollo as the sun god
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poetic a personification of the sun
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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
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All of this was a gleam in scientists’ eyes when my dad started to think about the accelerator—which he wanted to name Phoebus, for the Greek god of the Sun.
From Science Magazine • May 3, 2023
The Koller auction house in Zurich identified the new owner as The Phoebus Foundation, which is backed by the engineering and logistics conglomerate Katoen Natie-Indaver.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 21, 2023
This show, a collaboration with the Belgium-based Phoebus Foundation, offers a look at Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque paintings from the Southern Netherlands from the 15th through 17th centuries.
From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2022
Phoebus Levene believed that the four nucleotides in DNA are not linked or repeated in the same pattern and that they are held together by phosphodiester bonds.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Speaker of the prophecies of Phoebus Apollo, slayer of the mighty Python.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
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