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ephebi

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e⋅phe⋅bus

  [i-fee-buhs]
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–noun, plural -bi  [-bahy] .
a youth of ancient Greece just entering manhood or commencing training for full Athenian citizenship.
Origin:
< L; see ephebe
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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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