Phoebus, i, m., = Φοῖβος (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., Phoebean , Apollinean : juvenis, i. e. Aesculapius , Stat. S. 3, 4, 6: anguis, of Aesculapius , 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 Phoebus , Val. Fl. 1, 228: Circe, daughter of Sol , Petr. 135.—
B Phoe-bēus , a, um, adj., Phoebean , 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.