Fobos

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfobos]
  • Hyphenation: Fo‧bos
  • Homophone: Phobos

Proper noun

Fobos m

  1. (Greek mythology, animate) Phobos, mythological personification of fear
    • 1893, Vladislav Kalousek, “Deimos a Fobos”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎, volume X, Praha: J. Otto, page 166:
      Deimos a Fobos […] v řecké mythologii personifikace Strachu a Třasu (římské Pallor a Pavor), sluhové a průvodčí válečného boha Area; též pokládáni za syny jeho a Afrodity.
      Deimos and Phobos […] personification of Terror and Fear in Greek mythology (Pallor and Pavor in Roman), servants and companions of war god Ares; also considered to be sons of him and Aphrodite.
  2. (astronomy, inanimate, rare) Phobos, the bigger of the two natural satellites of Mars [since 19th c.]
    • 1892, Květy‎, volume 28, page 734:
      Fobos – mající průměr asi 9 klm. třikrát rychleji kolem Marsa obíhá, než Mars sám se otáčí.
      Phobos – being about 9 km in diameter rotates orbits the Mars three times faster than the Mars itself rotates.
    • 2017 July 21, “Fobos: Měsíček u Marsu”, in Astronomický snímek dne‎[2017-08-27], Česká astronomická společnost, archived from the original on https://web.archive.org/web/20170827090055/http://www.astro.cz/apod/ap170721.html, retrieved 2018-03-11:
      Zpoza rudé planety se na této časové sekvenci z Hubblova kosmického dalekohledu na oběžné dráze Země vynořuje maličký měsíc se strašidelným názvem Fobos.
      A tiny moon with the frightening name Phobos appears from behind the red planet in this time sequence from the Hubble Space Telescope on the Earth's orbit.

Declension

animate

(greek deity):

inanimate

(moon of Mars):

Alternative forms

See also

Solar System in Czech · sluneční soustava (layout · text)
Star Slunce
Planets and dwarf planets Merkur Venuše Země Mars Ceres Jupiter Saturn Uran Neptun Pluto Haumea Makemake Eris
Notable moons — Měsíc Phobos/Fobos
Deimos		 — Ganymed
Callisto
Io
Europa		 Titan
Rhea
Iapetus
Dione
Tethys
Enceladus
Mimas		 Titania
Oberon
Umbriel
Ariel
Miranda		 Triton Charon
Hydra
Nix
Kerberos
Styx		 Hiʻiaka
Namaka		 — Dysnomia

Galician

Proper noun

Fobos m

  1. (astronomy) Phobos (moon of Mars)
  2. (Greek mythology) Phobos (son of the god Ares)

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Φόβος (Phóbos), from φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.bos/, [ˈfɔːbos̪]
  • Stress: Fòbos
  • Hyphenation: Fo‧bos

Proper noun

Fobos m

  1. (Greek mythology) Phobos (god of fear)
  2. (astronomy) Phobos (moon of Mars)

See also

Portuguese

Proper noun

Fobos f

  1. Phobos (moon of Mars)

Proper noun

Fobos m

  1. (Greek mythology) Phobos (son of Ares)

Spanish

Proper noun

Fobos m

  1. (Greek mythology) Phobos (son of Ares)
  2. (astronomy) Phobos (moon of Mars)
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