ephebo
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. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Eunuchus
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...Atticus civis repertus frater eius conlocat vitiatam ephebo; Phaedriam exorat Thraso. PROLOGVS Si quisquamst qui placere se studeat..."Liber IX
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nota Iovis: 'Quod tuus ecce suo Caesar permisit ephebo tu permitte tuo, maxime rector' ait; 'iam mihi prima..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...aliter fecit ac dixerat, filiamque speciosissimam cum fratre ephebo in cubiculo reliquit, simulavitque se in templum..."
Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...sudoribus ardet puluis; at hinc teneros caueae dissensus ephebos concitat, exclusaeque expectant praemia matres: sic alacres odio nullaque..."Liber Primus
Publius Papinius Statius from SILVAE
"...sinus pelagusque natatum iactet et audaci victos delphinas ephebo: hic aeterna quies, nullis hic iura procellis, numquam fervor..."