Fobos

Czech

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Fobos m anim

2. (Greek mythology) Phobos, mythological personification of fear
   • 1893, Vladislav Kalousek, “Deimos a Fobos”, in Ottův slovník naučný‎^[1], 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.

Declension

Declension of Fobos (sg-only hard masculine animate foreign)

	singular
nominative	Fobos
genitive	Foba
dative	Fobovi
accusative	Foba
vocative	Fobe
locative	Fobovi
instrumental	Fobem

Proper noun

Fobos m inan

2. (astronomy, rare) Phobos, the bigger of the two natural satellites of Mars [since 19th c.]
   • 1892, Květy‎^[2], 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^[3], Česká astronomická společnost, archived from the original on 18 March 2018:

     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

Declension of Fobos (sg-only hard masculine inanimate)

	singular
nominative	Fobos
genitive	Fobosu
dative	Fobosu
accusative	Fobos
vocative	Fobose
locative	Fobosu
instrumental	Fobosem

Alternative forms

• Phobos (moon of Mars)

Related terms

• fobie

See also

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

Galician

Proper noun

Fobos m

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• Phobos (astronomy)
• Fobo, Phobos (mythology)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.bos/
• Rhymes: -ɔbos
• Hyphenation: Fò‧bos

Proper noun

Fobos m

1. (mythology, Greek mythology) Phobos (god of fear, a son of the god Ares)
2. (astronomy) Phobos (satellite of Mars)

See also

• Ares
• Deimos

Solar System in Italian · sistema solare (layout · text)
Star	Sole
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Mercurio	Venere	Terra	Marte	Cerere	Giove	Saturno	Urano	Nettuno	Plutone	Eris (Eride)
Notable moons	—	—	Luna	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimede Callisto	Mimas Encelado Teti Dione Rea Titano Giapeto	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Titania Oberon	Tritone	Caronte	Disnomia

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰógʷos

Proto-Hellenic *pʰógʷos

Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos)lbor.

Polish Fobos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.bɔs/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔbɔs
• Syllabification: Fo‧bos

Proper noun

Fobos m pers

1. (Greek mythology) Phobos (the son of Ares and Aphrodite, the god and personification of fear)

Declension

Declension of Fobos

	singular
nominative	Fobos
genitive	Fobosa
dative	Fobosowi
accusative	Fobosa
instrumental	Fobosem
locative	Fobosie
vocative	Fobosie

Proper noun

Fobos m animal

1. Phobos (the bigger moon of Mars)

Declension

Declension of Fobos

	singular
nominative	Fobos
genitive	Fobosa
dative	Fobosowi
accusative	Fobosa
instrumental	Fobosem
locative	Fobosie
vocative	Fobosie

See also

Solar System in Polish · Układ Słoneczny (layout · text)
Star	Słońce
IAU planets and notable dwarf planets	Merkury	Wenus	Ziemia	Mars	Ceres	Jowisz	Saturn	Uran	Neptun	Pluton	—
Notable moons	—	—	Księżyc	Fobos Deimos	—	Io Europa Ganimedes Kallisto	Mimas Enceladus Tetyda Dione Rea Tytan Japet	Miranda Ariel Umbriel Tytania Oberon	Tryton	Charon	—

Further reading

• “Fobos”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[4] (in Polish)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.bus/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.bus/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.buʃ/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.buʃ/ [ˈfɔ.βuʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.buʃ/ [ˈfɔ.βuʃ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.buʃ/

• Hyphenation: Fo‧bos

Proper noun

Fobos f

1. Phobos (moon of Mars)

Proper noun

Fobos m

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfobos/ [ˈfo.β̞os]
• Rhymes: -obos
• Syllabification: Fo‧bos

Proper noun

Fobos m

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