# Phoebe
## Translingual
### Etymology

Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē)

### Proper noun

Phoebe f
* A taxonomic genus within the family Lauraceae – tropical and subtropical evergreen trees, native to Asia and the Americas.
* A taxonomic genus within the family Cerambycidae – certain longhorn beetles.

#### Hypernyms

* (genus in Lauraceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, magnoliids – clades; Laurales – order; Lauraceae – family
* (genus in Cerambycidae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Holometabola – superorder; Coleoptera – order; Polyphaga – suborder; Cucujiformia – infraorder; Chrysomeloidea – superfamily; Cerambycidae – family; Lamiinae - subfamily; Hemilophini - tribe

#### Hyponyms

* (genus): Phoebe lanceolata - type species. For some of the more than 100 species see Phoebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

### References
#### Lauraceae

* Phoebe (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoebe on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Phoebe (Lauraceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
* Phoebe at Plants of the World Online

#### Cerambycidae

* Phoebe (beetle) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoebe (beetle) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
* Category:Hemilophini on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

## English
### Alternative forms

* Phœbe, Phebe, Phœbë

### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfiːbi/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːbi

### Proper noun

Phoebe
* A female given name from Ancient Greek.
* (Greek mythology) A Titan, goddess of the moon, sister-wife of Coeus, and daughter of Uranus and Gaia.
* (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Selene; Phoebe Selene, after her maternal aunt, Phoebe (see above).
* (Greek mythology) An epithet and synonym for Artemis; Phoebe Artemis, after her maternal grandmother, Phoebe (see above).
* (astronomy) The 14th moon of Saturn.

#### Derived terms

* Phoebean

#### Related terms

* Phoebus

#### Translations
### Further reading

* Phoebe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoebe (moon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoebe (Greek myth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* Phoebe (Titaness) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Anagrams

* behope, ephebo

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē), feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “bright”). As a given name, partially from Phoebe Cates.

### Proper noun

Phoebe
* a female given name from English
* a moon of Saturn
* (Greek mythology) Phoebe

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).

### Pronunciation 1

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpʰoe̯.beː/, [ˈpʰoe̯beː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfe.be/, [ˈfɛːbe]

#### Proper noun

Phoebē f sg (genitive Phoebēs); first declension
* (Greek mythology) Phoebe

##### Declension

First-declension noun (Greek-type), singular only.

### Pronunciation 2

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈpʰoe̯.be/, [ˈpʰoe̯bɛ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈfe.be/, [ˈfɛːbe]

#### Proper noun

Phoebe
* vocative singular of Phoebus

### References

* “Phoebe”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “Phoebe”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Phoebe in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.