"ephebe" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɛˈfiːb/, /ɪˈfiːb/, /ˈɛfiːb/ Forms: ephebes [plural]
Rhymes: -iːb Etymology: Via Latin ephēbus, from Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”), from ἐπί (epí, “early”) + ἥβη (hḗbē, “manhood”), late 19th c. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|ephēbus}} Latin ephēbus, {{der|en|grc|ἔφηβος||adolescent}} Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”), {{affix|grc|ἐπί|ἥβη|gloss1=early|gloss2=manhood|nocat=1}} ἐπί (epí, “early”) + ἥβη (hḗbē, “manhood”), {{C.|19}} 19th c. Head templates: {{en-noun}} ephebe (plural ephebes)
  1. (historical) An 18- to 20-year-old man in ancient Greece undergoing military training. Tags: historical
    Sense id: en-ephebe-en-noun-p6sD0Qds Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Ancient Greece Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 86 14 Disambiguation of Ancient Greece: 100 0
  2. (by extension) A young man; a youth. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-ephebe-en-noun-Qfx8QZDY Categories (other): Age Disambiguation of Age: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ephebic, ephebophilia, ephebosexuality Related terms: ephebos, ephebus

Inflected forms

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