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Φοίβη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: Φοίβη

Structure: Φοιβ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὐτὰρ ἔπειτα Οὐρανῷ εὐνηθεῖσα τέκ’ Ὠκεανὸν βαθυδίνην, Κοῖόν τε Κρῖόν θ’ Ὑπερίονά τ’ Ιἀπετόν τε Θείαν τε Ῥείαν τε Θέμιν τε Μνημοσύνην τε Φοίβην τε χρυσοστέφανον Τηθύν τ’ ἐρατεινήν. (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 13:7)
  • τεκνοῖ δὲ αὖθισ ἐκ Γῆσ παῖδασ μὲν τοὺσ Τιτᾶνασ προσαγορευθέντασ, Ὠκεανὸν Κοῖον Ὑπερίονα Κρεῖον Ιἀπετὸν καὶ νεώτατον ἁπάντων Κρόνον, θυγατέρασ δὲ τὰσ κληθείσασ Τιτανίδασ, Τηθὺν Ῥέαν Θέμιν Μνημοσύνην Φοίβην Διώνην Θείαν. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 1, chapter 1 4:1)
  • ἄρρενασ μὲν οὖν γενέσθαι τόν τε Κρόνον καὶ Ὑπερίονα καὶ Κοῖον, ἔτι δὲ Ιἀπετὸν καὶ Κριὸν καὶ τὸ τελευταῖον Ὠκεανόν, ἀδελφὰσ δὲ τούτων τήν τε Ῥέαν καὶ Θέμιν καὶ Μνημοσύνην, ἔτι δὲ Φοίβην καὶ Τηθύν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 66 3:1)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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