LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

ephēbus

ephēbus m (genitive ephēbī)
Classical[ɛˈpʰeː.bʊs]Ecclesiastical[eˈfɛː.bus]

Meaning

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

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeephēbusephēbī
ephoebī
genitiveephēbī
ephoebī		ephēbōrum
ephoebōrum
dativeephēbō
ephoebō		ephēbīs
ephoebīs
accusativeephēbum
ephoebum		ephēbōs
ephoebōs
ablativeephēbō
ephoebō		ephēbīs
ephoebīs
vocativeephēbe
ephoebe		ephēbī
ephoebī

ĕphēbus, i (
I. 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).

Origins

From Ancient Greek ἔφηβος (éphēbos, “adolescent”).

Descendants
  • Englishephebe
  • Frenchéphèbe
  • Italianefebo
  • Romanianefeb
  • Spanishefebo

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesEphebusEphebus (ἔφηβος), the name applied to Athenian youths between the ages of eighteen and twenty. The word ἥβη as Blümner points out, is used in two sens…

Quick answers

What does ephēbus mean in Latin?
ephēbus, a noun, means “a male Greek youth; youth (aged about eighteen to twenty years)”.
What is the genitive of ephēbus?
The genitive singular is ephēbī. ephēbus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce ephēbus?
In classical Latin, [ɛˈpʰeː.bʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [eˈfɛː.bus].