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Gender Feminine
Usage Greek Mythology, Ancient Greek
Scripts Φαέθουσα(Ancient Greek)
Other Forms FormsPhaethusa (Latinized form)
Meaning & History
Means "beaming, radiant" in Greek, being a participle of the verb φαέθω (phaethô) "to shine". In Greek mythology this was the name of a daughter of the sun god Helios by the nymph Neaira. She and her sister Lampetia pastured the sacred herds of Helios on the mythical island of Thrinacia.