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EPHEBIC

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e⋅phebe

  [i-feeb, ef-eeb]
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–noun
a young man, esp. an ephebus.
Origin:
1690–1700; < L ephēbus < Gk éphēbos, equiv. to ep- ep- + -hēbos, deriv. of hbē manhood

Related forms:
e⋅phe⋅bic, adjective
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e·phebe   (ěf'ēb', ĭ-fēb')   
n.   pl. e·phebes also e·phe·bi (ĭ-fē'bī)
A youth between 18 and 20 years of age in ancient Greece.

[Latin ephēbus, from Greek ephēbos : ep-, epi-, epi- + hēbē, early manhood.]
e·phe'bic adj.
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Word Origin & History

ephebic 
1880 (the noun, ephebe, is attested from 1697), from Gk. ephebos "of age 18-20," from epi- "upon" + hebe "early manhood." In classical Greece, the age when a citizen was chiefly occupied with garrison duty.
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ephebic e·phe·bic (ĭ-fē'bĭk)
adj.
Of or relating to the period of puberty or adolescence.

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