Phebe
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English
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Phebe
- A female given name from Ancient Greek. Alternative spelling of Phoebe
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:: Romans 16:1:
- I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea.
Middle English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin Phoebē, from Ancient Greek Φοίβη (Phoíbē).
Pronunciation
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Phebe
- (mythology) The Greek Titan and goddess of the Moon; Phoebe.
- (astronomy, sometimes capitalised) The celestial body closest to the Earth, considered to be a planet in the Ptolemic system as well as the boundary between the Earth and the heavens; the Moon.
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- “phebe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 15 June 2018.
Portuguese
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Phebe f
- Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of Febe.
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- Middle English terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese archaic forms