Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

φοῖβος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φοῖβος φοῖβη φοῖβον

Structure: φοιβ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prob. from fa/os

Sense

  1. bright, radiant
  2. Phoebus, the bright or pure

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)

Synonyms

  1. bright

  2. Phoebus

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

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