Φοίβη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Feminine form of Φοῖβος (Phoîbos, “Phoebus”), with the suffix -η (-ē).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pʰǒi̯.bɛː/ → /ˈɸy.βi/ → /ˈfi.vi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pʰǒi̯.bɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰy.be̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈɸy.βi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈfy.vi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.vi/

Proper noun

Φοίβη • (Phoíbē) f (genitive Φοίβης); first declension

1. Phoebe

Declension

First declension of ἡ Φοίβη; τῆς Φοίβης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Φοίβη hē Phoíbē
Genitive	τῆς Φοίβης tês Phoíbēs
Dative	τῇ Φοίβῃ têi Phoíbēi
Accusative	τὴν Φοίβην tḕn Phoíbēn
Vocative	Φοίβη Phoíbē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• Φοῖβος (Phoîbos)
• Φοιβίδας (Phoibídas)

Descendants

• Greek: Φοίβη (Foívi)
• Latin: Phoebē

Further reading

• Phoebe (mythology) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• “Φοίβη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• G5402 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited, page 1,022