Phoebus — Lewis & Short
Phoebus, i, m., = *foi=bos (the radiant),
I 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.