US /ɪˈfiː.bəs/ UK /ɪˈfiː.bəs/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a young man of ancient Greece, especially one undergoing civic or military training

    The sculpture represents an ephebus at the threshold of adulthood.

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1 noun · a young man of ancient... ephebeyouth

Etymology

From Latin ephebus, from Ancient Greek ephēbos, a youth who had reached puberty and entered civic and military training.

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