phoebeus

Latin · adjective

variants phoebēus , phoebēĭŭs

Edited by: Kierán Meinhardt
Last edited: 2024-11-11

Meanings

1. of the Sun

Literal translation

of Phoebus

1. of the Sun

1.a of the Sun luminary or planetary quality

At, niger obscura Cancer cum nube feretur qua velut exustus Phoebeis ignibus ignis deficit et multa fuscat caligine sidus, lumina deficient partus, geminamque creatis mortem fata dabunt: se quisque et vivit et effert.

‘But when that part of the Crab rises which is dimmed by a sombre cloud, where his own fire fails, as though burnt out by the Sun’s, and darkens the signs with impenetrable fog, the sight of those born then will fail, and fate will condemn them to death twice over: each one buries himself while still alive.’

— Manilius, Astronomica 4.530 ff

Genre: astrological treatise

Manilius. Astronomica. Edited and translated by G. P. Goold. Loeb Classical Library 469. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1977. 264-265

Cite this entry

APA (7th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). phoebeus (Lemma #2468). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2468/

Chicago (Author-Date)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). phoebeus (Lemma #2468). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2468/

MLA (9th)

Meinhardt, K. (2024). phoebeus (Lemma #2468). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2468/

Harvard

Meinhardt, K. (2024) phoebeus (Lemma #2468), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2468/ (Accessed: July 4, 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{zodiac2468,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-07-04]},
	author = {Meinhardt, Kierán},
	year = {2024},
	title = {phoebeus ({Lemma} #2468)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2468/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/2468/},
}