Phoeben.

Brit.

/ˈfiːbi/, U.S.

/ˈfiˌbi/

Forms: Middle English–1800s Phebe, 1500s Phoebee, 1500s– Phoebe. In sense 2 also with lower-case initial.

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Phoebē.

Etymology: < classical Latin Phoebē, the name of a Titan, later identified with the moon-goddess (Diana, Artemis) and as sister of Phoebus, also a daughter of Zeus and Leda, and a daughter of Leucippus < ancient Greek Φοίβη , the name of a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, also the mother of Phoebus, use as name of ϕοίβη , feminine of ϕοῖβος bright, radiant: compare Phoebus n.In sense 2 probably in imitation of the bird's call. Compare peewit n. 3, peewee n.¹ 3.

1. Classical Mythology and poetic. (The name of) Artemis or Diana as goddess of the moon; the moon personified.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Diana or Artemis

Dianac1275

Phoebea1393

the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun]

moonOE

Diana1398

Hecatec1420

lady of the night1480

luna?1499

Lucina?1504

Phoebe1600

queen of the night?1610

mother of months1613

noctiluca1623

Cynthia1645

Oliver?1747

star-queen1818

Paddy's lantern1834

parish lantern1847

night-sun1855

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 3254 (MED) Cephalus Preide unto Phebe and to Phebus, The nyhte in lengthe forto drawe.

c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 20 Phebe is callid the mone, of whome the Monday hath his name.

1566 T. Underdowne Excellent Hist. Theseus & Ariadne 95 And Phebe had not with her starres Chased the lyght awaye.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F As bright as siluer Phœbe mounted on the high top of the ruddie element.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 209 To morrow night, when Phœbe doth beholde Her siluer visage, in the watry glasse.

a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. 7 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Like Phœbe breaking through an envious cloud.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 17 June Phœbe's pale Crescent.

1779 R. Jephson Law of Lombardy i. v. 14 When full-orb'd Phoebe wheel her fleecy car To silver yon blue concave.

1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 118 Fairer than Phœbe's sapphire-region'd star, Or Vesper, amorous glow-worm of the sky.

1894 J. Davidson Unhistorical Pastoral i. i. 9 As Phoebe slips, Slackly and slow, over the ocean's rim, When stars grow bright, and seas and hills grow dim.

1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 193 While Phoebe sheers Through pearl-flushed hours, To rain down tears In glittering showers.

1996 F. Haroian-Guerin Fatal Hero 6 The rays of the shimmering Phoebe, the silver shaft of the huntress Diana, or the black magic of Hekate—all three could translate a human being into the otherworld realm.

2. Ornithology. Each of three small North American tyrant flycatchers constituting the genus Sayornis; esp. (more fully eastern phoebe) S. phoebe, which has a greyish-brown back, head, and wings and pale underparts and is common in the eastern part of the continent. Also phoebe bird.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Tyrannidae (tyrant-bird) > genus Sayornis

Phoebe1700

peewit1791

peewee1793

1700 J. Green Diary 4 Mar. in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1866) VIII. 216 Cloudy & rainy. heard a Phebe and other birds sing.

1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer ii. 40 That [sc. a nest] of a swallow was affixed in the corner next to the house that of a phebe in the other.

1839 W. Irving Birds of Spring in Knickerbocker May 434 Another of our feathered visitors..is the Pe-wit, or Pe-wee, or Phœbe-bird... They arrive early in the spring... Their first chirp spreads gladness through the house. ‘The Phœbe-birds have come!’ is heard on all sides.

1860 W. Hooker Nat. Hist. xv. 153 The Phebe-bird, which utters its pe-wee so continuously, is one of this family.

1893 Scribner's Mag. June 765/2 Plain, dull-colored peewee or phœbe, sitting on the house~gable or on a dead branch..catching insects, or reiterating his own name, ‘phœbe, phœbe’.

1931 Ecology 12 30 (table) Eastern phoebe.

1947 E. B. White Lett. (1976) 284 I haven't been doing much of anything—just..watching phoebes through binoculars, and mixing drinks.

1990 Birder's World Aug. 12/3 Highlights for us were a..Mountain Plover, a Say's Phoebe, and Horned Larks.

1997 E. Hand Glimmering ii. xi. 235 There was the nightly confusion of phoebes and chickadees in the whitepines by the boathouse, trying to decide if it was really time to roost.

Compounds

Phoebe lamp n. North American (historical) a kind of simple tallow lamp with a wick (cf. Betty lamp n. at Betty n. 5).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > types of

lampion1848

rag-lamp1889

bitch1898

chirag1899

Phoebe lamp1935

diya1964

Toc H lamp1977

1935 Colony of Connecticut (Conn. Board Educ.) (Senate Doc. 53, 74th Congr., 1st Sess.) 15 Phoebe lamps:..These were similar to Betty lamps in shape... Some had double wicks from a nose on either side.

1972 F. van W. Mason Roads to Liberty 182 Betty..lit a Phoebe lamp with a splinter from the fire.

2003 Duluth (Minnesota) News (Nexis) 11 Oct. Betty and Phoebe lamps were used until the American Civil War.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	phoebe
释义	Phoeben. Brit. /ˈfiːbi/, U.S. /ˈfiˌbi/ Forms: Middle English–1800s Phebe, 1500s Phoebee, 1500s– Phoebe. In sense 2 also with lower-case initial. Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Phoebē. Etymology: < classical Latin Phoebē, the name of a Titan, later identified with the moon-goddess (Diana, Artemis) and as sister of Phoebus, also a daughter of Zeus and Leda, and a daughter of Leucippus < ancient Greek Φοίβη , the name of a daughter of Uranus and Gaia, also the mother of Phoebus, use as name of ϕοίβη , feminine of ϕοῖβος bright, radiant: compare Phoebus n.In sense 2 probably in imitation of the bird's call. Compare peewit n. 3, peewee n.¹ 3. 1. Classical Mythology and poetic. (The name of) Artemis or Diana as goddess of the moon; the moon personified. ΘΚΠ the world > the supernatural > deity > classical deity > [noun] > Diana or Artemis Dianac1275 Phoebea1393 the world > the universe > planet > primary planet > moon > [noun] moonOE Diana1398 Hecatec1420 lady of the night1480 luna?1499 Lucina?1504 Phoebe1600 queen of the night?1610 mother of months1613 noctiluca1623 Cynthia1645 Oliver?1747 star-queen1818 Paddy's lantern1834 parish lantern1847 night-sun1855 a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) iv. 3254 (MED) Cephalus Preide unto Phebe and to Phebus, The nyhte in lengthe forto drawe. c1440 S. Scrope tr. C. de Pisan Epist. of Othea (St. John's Cambr.) (1970) 20 Phebe is callid the mone, of whome the Monday hath his name. 1566 T. Underdowne Excellent Hist. Theseus & Ariadne 95 And Phebe had not with her starres Chased the lyght awaye. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon sig. F As bright as siluer Phœbe mounted on the high top of the ruddie element. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream i. i. 209 To morrow night, when Phœbe doth beholde Her siluer visage, in the watry glasse. View more context for this quotation a1640 P. Massinger Bashful Lover i. 7 in P. Massinger 3 New Playes (1655) Like Phœbe breaking through an envious cloud. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 17 June Phœbe's pale Crescent. 1779 R. Jephson Law of Lombardy i. v. 14 When full-orb'd Phoebe wheel her fleecy car To silver yon blue concave. 1820 J. Keats Ode to Psyche in Lamia & Other Poems 118 Fairer than Phœbe's sapphire-region'd star, Or Vesper, amorous glow-worm of the sky. 1894 J. Davidson Unhistorical Pastoral i. i. 9 As Phoebe slips, Slackly and slow, over the ocean's rim, When stars grow bright, and seas and hills grow dim. 1952 R. Campbell tr. C. Baudelaire Poems 193 While Phoebe sheers Through pearl-flushed hours, To rain down tears In glittering showers. 1996 F. Haroian-Guerin Fatal Hero 6 The rays of the shimmering Phoebe, the silver shaft of the huntress Diana, or the black magic of Hekate—all three could translate a human being into the otherworld realm. 2. Ornithology. Each of three small North American tyrant flycatchers constituting the genus Sayornis; esp. (more fully eastern phoebe) S. phoebe, which has a greyish-brown back, head, and wings and pale underparts and is common in the eastern part of the continent. Also phoebe bird. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Passeriformes (singing) > [noun] > family Tyrannidae (tyrant-bird) > genus Sayornis Phoebe1700 peewit1791 peewee1793 1700 J. Green Diary 4 Mar. in Hist. Coll. Essex Inst. (1866) VIII. 216 Cloudy & rainy. heard a Phebe and other birds sing. 1782 J. H. St. J. de Crèvecoeur Lett. from Amer. Farmer ii. 40 That [sc. a nest] of a swallow was affixed in the corner next to the house that of a phebe in the other. 1839 W. Irving Birds of Spring in Knickerbocker May 434 Another of our feathered visitors..is the Pe-wit, or Pe-wee, or Phœbe-bird... They arrive early in the spring... Their first chirp spreads gladness through the house. ‘The Phœbe-birds have come!’ is heard on all sides. 1860 W. Hooker Nat. Hist. xv. 153 The Phebe-bird, which utters its pe-wee so continuously, is one of this family. 1893 Scribner's Mag. June 765/2 Plain, dull-colored peewee or phœbe, sitting on the house~gable or on a dead branch..catching insects, or reiterating his own name, ‘phœbe, phœbe’. 1931 Ecology 12 30 (table) Eastern phoebe. 1947 E. B. White Lett. (1976) 284 I haven't been doing much of anything—just..watching phoebes through binoculars, and mixing drinks. 1990 Birder's World Aug. 12/3 Highlights for us were a..Mountain Plover, a Say's Phoebe, and Horned Larks. 1997 E. Hand Glimmering ii. xi. 235 There was the nightly confusion of phoebes and chickadees in the whitepines by the boathouse, trying to decide if it was really time to roost. Compounds Phoebe lamp n. North American (historical) a kind of simple tallow lamp with a wick (cf. Betty lamp n. at Betty n. 5). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > artificial light defined by light-source > [noun] > oil-lamp > types of lampion1848 rag-lamp1889 bitch1898 chirag1899 Phoebe lamp1935 diya1964 Toc H lamp1977 1935 Colony of Connecticut (Conn. Board Educ.) (Senate Doc. 53, 74th Congr., 1st Sess.) 15 Phoebe lamps:..These were similar to Betty lamps in shape... Some had double wicks from a nose on either side. 1972 F. van W. Mason Roads to Liberty 182 Betty..lit a Phoebe lamp with a splinter from the fire. 2003 Duluth (Minnesota) News (Nexis) 11 Oct. Betty and Phoebe lamps were used until the American Civil War. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.a1393
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