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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as ephebe.

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Examples

  • -- After a young "ephebus" has finished his two years of service in the garrisons he returns home subject to call at the hour of need.

    A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903

  • ” At the end of the first year each ephebus was given a spear and a shield; after receiving these arms, the ephebi took their oath. (pp. 1–2) Adaptations of the oath, with varying translations, have been used by American colleges and universities.

    Athenian Ephebic Oath 1989

  • Sed non fuit contentus iteratione ephebus planae maturitatis et annis ad patiendum gestientibus.

    The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • Ad hoc votum ephebus ultro se admovit et, puto, vereri coepit, ne ego obdormiscerem.

    The Satyricon of Petronius Arbiter 20-66 Petronius Arbiter

  • He is an ephebus no longer, but a full-fledged citizen, and all the vicissitudes of Athenian life are before him.

    A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903

  • This happy youth, just out of the schoolroom, and now to be enrolled as an armed ephebus, will be the model soon for some immortal bronze or marble.

    A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life William Stearns Davis 1903

  • The physical gracefulness of a slim ephebus was never seized by

    The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti John Addington Symonds 1866

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