different between ephebus vs ephebic

Latin

Alternative forms

• ephoebus (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (éph?bos, “adolescent”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /e?p?e?.bus/, [??p?e?b?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /e?fe.bus/, [??f??bus]

Noun

eph?bus m (genitive eph?b?); second declension

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

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Descendants

• English: ephebe
• French: éphèbe
• 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

English

Etymology

From ephebe +? -ic.

Adjective

ephebic (comparative more ephebic, superlative most ephebic)

1. Pertaining to a young man or to early manhood, especially in Ancient Greek contexts.

Related terms

• ephebe / ephebus

Translations