ἔφηβος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
Compound of ἐπί (epí) + ἥβη (hḗbē) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /é.pʰɛː.bos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈe.pʰe̝.bos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ɸi.βos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.fi.vos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.fi.vos/
Noun
ἔφηβος • (éphēbos) m (genitive ἐφήβου); second declension
- adolescent (around ages 17-20 traditionally)
- young Greek soldier undergoing military training (ages 18-20)
Inflection
Second declension of ὁ ἔφηβος; τοῦ ἐφήβου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἔφηβος ho éphēbos | τὼ ἐφήβω tṑ ephḗbō | οἱ ἔφηβοι hoi éphēboi | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐφήβου toû ephḗbou | τοῖν ἐφήβοιν toîn ephḗboin | τῶν ἐφήβων tôn ephḗbōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐφήβῳ tôi ephḗbōi | τοῖν ἐφήβοιν toîn ephḗboin | τοῖς ἐφήβοις toîs ephḗbois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἔφηβον tòn éphēbon | τὼ ἐφήβω tṑ ephḗbō | τοὺς ἐφήβους toùs ephḗbous | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἔφηβε éphēbe | ἐφήβω ephḗbō | ἔφηβοι éphēboi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἐφηβῐκός (ephēbikós)
- ἐφηβοφῠ́λᾰξ (ephēbophúlax)
Descendants
- Greek: έφηβος (éfivos)
- → Turkish: efe
- → Latin: ephēbus
Further reading
- “ἔφηβος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἔφηβος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette