Definition of Phoebus

1. Noun. (Greek mythology) Greek god of light; god of prophecy and poetry and music and healing; son of Zeus and Leto; twin brother of Artemis.

Exact synonyms: Apollo, Phoebus Apollo
Category relationships: Greek Mythology
Generic synonyms: Greek Deity
Specialized synonyms: Pythius

Definition of Phoebus

1. Proper noun. (archaic spelling of Phoebus) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Phoebus

1. the sun [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Phoebus

1. 1. Apollo; the sun god. 2. The sun. "Phoebus 'gins arise." Origin: L, fr. Gr, fr. Pure, bright. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Phoebus

phocid
phocids
phocine
phocines
phocodont
phocodontia
phocomeli
phocomelias
phocomelic dwarfism
phocomelus
phodopus
phoebe
phoebe bird
phoebes
phoebus (current term)
phoebuses
phoenicochroite
phoenicochroites
phoenicopterus
phoenix
phoenix tree
phoenixes
phoenixlike
phoetal
phoeti
phoetus
phoetuses
phogrin
phoh

Literary usage of Phoebus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Lost Chapters Recovered from the Early History of American Methodism by Joseph Beaumont Wakeley (1858)
"... His Character and personal Habits—Anecdotes of—Dr. phoebus and the Masses — Moving Time —The lanie Preacher— Dr. phoebus and John ..."

2. English Poetry (1170-1892). by John Matthews Manley (1907)
"Like phoebus sung the no less amorous boy; Like Daphne she, as lovely, and as coy ! With numbers he the flying nymph pursues, 5 With numbers such as ..."

3. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, Or Origin of by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1898)
"The moon, sister of phoebus. 1'hri? bos -(the sun-god), from the Greek ... phoebus. The sun or sun-god. In Greek mythology Apollo is called ..."

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