ephebus

ephebus
ĕphēbus, i ( gen. plur. contr. ephebūm, Stat. Th. 4, 232), m., = ephêbos, a male Greek youth from 18 to 20 years of age (cf.:

puer, adolescens, juvenis, adultus, pubes),

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8; Cic. Fl. 21, 51; id. N. D. 1, 28, 79; Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 12; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 171; Ov. A. A. 1, 147 al.: is postquam excessit ex ephebis (after the Gr. exelthein ex ephêbôn), i. e. after he had come to the age of manhood, Ter. And. 1, 1, 24 Ruhnk. (also cited in Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327).

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  • ephebus — noun (plural ephebi) Etymology: Latin, from Greek ephēbos, from epi + hēbē youth, puberty Date: 1627 a youth of ancient Greece; especially an Athenian 18 or 19 years old in training for full citizenship …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ephebus — n. (In ancient Greece) ephebe, young Athenian man between 18 and 20 years old who had just reached manhood or full citizenship …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ephebus — ephe·bus …   English syllables

  • ephebus — e•phe•bus [[t]ɪˈfi bəs[/t]] n. pl. bi [[t] baɪ[/t]] cvb anh a youth of ancient Greece just entering manhood or commencing training for full Athenian citizenship • Etymology: 1885–95; < L; see ephebe …   From formal English to slang

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