Phoebe

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Φοίβη, ἡ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Phoēbē: ēs, f., = Φοίβη>.
I The moongoddess, sister of Phœbus, i. e. Diana, Luna, or the moon: vento semper rubet aurea Phoebe, Verg. G. 1, 431; id. A. 3, 371; 6, 18: Phoebe venantibus assit, Ov. Am. 3, 2, 51: jaculatrix Phoebe, id. H. 20, 229: innupta, id. M. 1, 476; Val. Fl. 7, 366.—
   B Transf., night: tertia, Ov. F. 6, 235.—
II A daughter of Leda and sister of Helen, Ov. H. 8, 77.—
III Daughter of Leucippus, Ov. A. A. 1, 679; Prop. 1, 2, 15.