ephebe
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Via Latin, from Greek εφηβος (επι- + ήβη ‘early manhood’).
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /ɛˈfiːb/
[edit] Noun
ephebe (plural ephebes or ephebi)
- A young man, especially an 18-20 year old in ancient Greece undergoing military training.
- 1922, His glance touched their faces lightly as he smiled, a blond ephebe. — James Joyce, Ulysses
- 1993, Indeed Tom was much still the ephebe, sharing boys with his friend though talking of the gravity of marriage — Anthony Burgess, A Dead Man in Deptford
[edit] Latin
[edit] Noun
ephēbe m.
- vocative singular of ephēbus
