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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

  • τὸ Φοίβησ δ’ ὄνομ’ ἔχει παρώνυμον. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 1:5)
  • οὗτοι μὲν οἱ δέκα ἐξ Ἀραβίασ γυναικόσ, αἱ δὲ παρθένοι ἐξ Ἁμαδρυάδων νυμφῶν, αἱ μὲν Ἀτλαντείησ, αἱ δὲ ἐκ Φοίβησ. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 2, chapter 1 5:8)
  • καὶ γίνεται μὲν Πολυδεύκουσ καὶ Φοίβησ Μνησίλεωσ, Κάστοροσ δὲ καὶ Ἱλαείρασ Ἀνώγων. (Apollodorus, Library and Epitome, book 3, chapter 11 2:3)
  • εἰμὶ δὲ κεδνῆσ δίκτυον οὐ Φοίβησ, ἀλλ’ ἁπαλῆσ Παφίησ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 7652)
  • καὶ ῥ’ ὁ μὲν ἦν Ἀχιλῆι πανείκελοσ, οἱο͂σ ἐκεῖνοσ τῶν Λυκομηδείων ἔνδον ἐήν θαλάμων κούρη δ’ ἀργυφέησ ἐπιγουνίδοσ ἄχρι χιτῶνα ζωσαμένη, Φοίβησ εἶδοσ ἀπεπλάσατο. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 255 1:1)

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

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