〈d.UTU〉 Šamaš ‘Sun’
〈sol〉 ‘sun’
〈—〉 pꜣ-rꜥ ‘Sun’
〈Ἥλιος〉 Hēlios ‘Sun’
〈Σαώς〉 Saōs ‘Sun’
〈phoebe〉 ‘Moon’
〈phoebeus〉 ‘of the Sun’
〈Ἀβέλιος〉 Abelios ‘Sun’
〈שֶׁמֶשׁ〉 šemeš ‘Sun’
phoebus
Latin noun
loaned from Greek
| Primary meaning | Sun |
|---|---|
| Literal translation | radiant |
| Variants | phoebus |
| Edited by |
Sun luminary
poetic
Quod nisi librato penderet pondere tellus, non ageret currus, mundi subeuntibus astris, Phoebus ab occasu et numquam remearet ad ortus
‘And did not the Earth’s weight hang poised, the Sun would not drive his car past his setting, as the stars of heaven appeared, and would never return to his rising’
APA (7th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). phoebus (Lemma #1975). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1975/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). phoebus (Lemma #1975). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1975/
MLA (9th)
Meinhardt, K. (2024). phoebus (Lemma #1975). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1975/
Harvard
Meinhardt, K. (2024) phoebus (Lemma #1975), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1975/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX
@misc{zodiac1975,
note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
year = {2024},
title = {phoebus ({Lemma} #1975)},
url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1975/},
howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/1975/},
}