ephebus

English

Noun

ephebus (plural ephebi)

1. Synonym of ephebe

Latin

Alternative forms

• ephoebus (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eˈpʰeː.bus/, [ɛˈpʰeːbʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈfe.bus/, [eˈfɛːbus]

Noun

ephēbus m (genitive ephēbī); second declension

1. a male Greek youth
2. youth (aged about eighteen to twenty years)

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ephēbus	ephēbī
Genitive	ephēbī	ephēbōrum
Dative	ephēbō	ephēbīs
Accusative	ephēbum	ephēbōs
Ablative	ephēbō	ephēbīs
Vocative	ephēbe	ephēbī

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