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English
Noun
ephebus (plural ephebi)
- Synonym of ephebe
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ephēbus m (genitive ephēbī); second declension
- a male Greek youth
- youth (aged about eighteen to twenty years)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “ephebus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ephebus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ephebus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “ephebus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin