Definition of Ephebus

1. a young man of ancient Greece [n -BI]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephebus

ephapse
ephaptic
ephas
ephebe
ephebes
ephebi
ephebic
ephebiphobia
ephebiphobias
epheboi
ephebology
ephebophilic
ephebos
ephebus (current term)
ephedras
ephedrin
ephedrine
ephedrine-NAD oxidoreductase
ephedrines
ephedrins
ephelides
ephelis
ephemera
ephemerae
ephemeral
ephemeral fever
ephemeral fever of cattle

Literary usage of Ephebus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Graeco-Roman Memoirs by Egypt Exploration Society (1903)
"REGISTRATION OF AN ephebus. 15-7x11-3 cm. AD 132-3. This interesting papyrus is an application addressed to Marcus Claudius Serenus, exegetes and holder of ..."

2. The Oxyrhynchus Papyri by Bernard Pyne Grenfell, Egypt Exploration Society, Arthur Surridge Hunt (1903)
"REGISTRATION OF AN ephebus. 15-7 X 11-3 cm. AD 132-3. This interesting papyrus is an application addressed to Marcus Claudius Serenus, exegetes and holder ..."

3. The Church in Rome in the First Century: An Examination of Various by George Edmundson (1913)
"i Now the conjecture of Lightfoot that the names of Claudius ephebus and ... The words ffv» nal place Fortunatus in a different category from ephebus and ..."

4. Belcaro: Being Essays on Sundry Aesthetical Questions by Vernon Lee (1887)
"... and the other in the dress of a Greek ephebus, which Hermes is known to have worn—of these two figures really being intended for Orpheus and Hermes. ..."

5. The International Library of Famous Literature: Selections from the World's by Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell, Nathan Haskell Dole, Forrest Morgan, Caroline Ticknor (1898)
"... of a Greek ephebus, which Hermes is known to have worn — of these two figures really being intended for Orpheus and Hermes. At the same time, ..."

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