ephebis
Dictionary entries
- Entry →ephebus, ephebi:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Geography:
- Greece
boy (Greek) at age of puberty; youth; adolescent (age 18-20 by Athenian law);
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
- T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...legavit die. illuc revorti certumst, conata eloquar. principio ephebis aetate exii atque animus studio amotus puerilist meus, amare..." - P
Andria
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...velim. nam is postquam excessit ex ephebis, Sosia, ~liberius vivendi fuit potestas~ (nam antea qui scire posses..." - D
Satura II
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...uicimus. et tamen unus Armenius Zalaces cunctis narratur ephebis mollior ardenti sese indulsisse tribuno. aspice quid faciant commercia..." Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...talia monstra pater, idem qui teneris nuper succurrit ephebis, ne faceret steriles saeva libido viros. Dilexere prius pueri..."
Liber Nonus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...interea somnum turbata figuris torua sagittiferi mater Tegeatis ephebi, crine dato passim plantisque ex more solutis, ante diem..."