Phoebus

Phoebus, i, m., = Phoibos (the radiant), a poetical appellation of Apollo as the god of light:

quae mihi Phoebus Apollo Praedixit,

Verg. A. 3, 251; Hor. C. S. 62; Prop. 1, 2, 27.— Poet. for the sun:

dum rediens fugat astra Phoebus,

Hor. C. 3, 21, 24:

Phoebi pallidus orbis,

Ov. R. Am. 256; id. M. 2, 110:

tristior iccirco nox est, quam tempora Phoebi,

id. R. Am. 585.—Hence,

A.

Phoe-bēĭus, a, um, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean:

juvenis,

i. e. Æsculapius, Stat. S. 3, 4, 6:

anguis,

of Æsculapius, Ov. M. 15, 742:

ictus,

of the sun, id. ib. 5, 389: ales, the raven, so called because metamorphosed by Apollo, Stat. S. 2, 4, 17:

oscen,

Aus. Idyll. 11, 15:

Idmon,

son of Phœbus, Val. Fl. 1, 228:

Circe,

daughter of Sol, Petr. 135.—

B.

Phoe-bēus, a, um, adj., Phœbean, Apollinean:

carmina,

Lucr. 2, 504:

lampas,

the sun, Verg. A. 4, 6:

virgo,

Daphne, Ov. P. 2, 2, 82:

laurus,

id. Tr. 4, 2, 51:

Rhodos,

where the worship of Apollo prevailed, id. M. 7, 365:

lyra,

id. H. 16, 180:

sortes,

oracle, id. M. 3, 130:

tripodes,

id. A. A. 3, 789:

Phoebeā morbos pellere arte,

id. F. 3, 827.—

C.

Phoebas, ădis, f., a priestess of Apollo; hence the inspired one, the prophetess, Ov. Am. 2, 8, 12; id. Tr. 2, 400; Luc. 5, 128; 165.