ephebus

== English == === Noun === ephebus (plural ephebi) Synonym of ephebe. == Latin == === Alternative forms === ephoebus (nonstandard) === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɛˈpʰeː.bʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈfɛː.bus] === Noun === ephēbus m (genitive ephēbī); second declension a male Greek youth youth (aged about eighteen to twenty years) ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== English: ephebe French: éphèbe Italian: efebo Romanian: efeb Spanish: efebo === 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