noun greek

ĕphēbus

gen. ĕphēbi · gender masculine · decl. 2nd

a male Greek youth; after he had come to the age of manhood •

gen. plur. contr. ephebūm, Stat. Th. 4, 232), m., = ἔφηβος, a male Greek youth from 18 to 20 years of age (cf.: puer, adolescens, juvenis, adultus, pubes), Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 8; Cic. Fl. 21, 51; id. N. D. 1, 28, 79; Suet. Aug. 98; id. Ner. 12; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 171; Ov. A. A. 1, 147 al.: is postquam excessit ex ephebis (after the Gr. ἐξελθεῖν ἐξ ἐφήβων), i. e. after he had come to the age of manhood, Ter. And. 1, 1, 24 Ruhnk. (also cited in Cic. de Or. 2, 80, 327).

Perseus ID: n15896 Key: ephebus