ἔφηβος
Ancient Greek
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editCompound of ἐπί (epí) + ἥβη (hḗbē) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
edit- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.pʰɛː.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.pʰe̝.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ɸi.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.fi.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.fi.vos/
Noun
editἔφηβος • (éphēbos) m (genitive ἐφήβου); second declension
- adolescent (around ages 17-20 traditionally)
- young Greek soldier undergoing military training (ages 18-20)
- throw of the dice
- kind of cup
- a womanʼs shoe
Inflection
editCase / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔφηβος ho éphēbos |
τὼ ἐφήβω tṑ ephḗbō |
οἱ ἔφηβοι hoi éphēboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐφήβου toû ephḗbou |
τοῖν ἐφήβοιν toîn ephḗboin |
τῶν ἐφήβων tôn ephḗbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐφήβῳ tôi ephḗbōi |
τοῖν ἐφήβοιν toîn ephḗboin |
τοῖς ἐφήβοις toîs ephḗbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔφηβον tòn éphēbon |
τὼ ἐφήβω tṑ ephḗbō |
τοὺς ἐφήβους toùs ephḗbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔφηβε éphēbe |
ἐφήβω ephḗbō |
ἔφηβοι éphēboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
edit- ἀρχέφηβος (arkhéphēbos)
- ἐξέφηβος (exéphēbos)
- ἐφήβαρχος (ephḗbarkhos)
- ἐφηβῐκός (ephēbikós)
- ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ (ephēbophúlax)
- μελλέφηβος (melléphēbos)
- συνέφηβος (sunéphēbos)
- φιλέφηβος (philéphēbos)
Descendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ἔφηβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔφηβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
Categories:
- Ancient Greek compound terms
- Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ος
- Ancient Greek 3-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek nouns
- Ancient Greek proparoxytone terms
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns
- Ancient Greek second-declension nouns
- Ancient Greek masculine nouns in the second declension
- grc:Age
- grc:Military
- grc:Male people