Phoebus, i, m., = *foi=bos (the radiant), 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,
, 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.