ephebe

Meaning of ephebe

noun

(in ancient Greece) a young man of 18–20 years undergoing military training.

late 19th centuryː via Latin from Greek ephēbos ‘adolescent boy’, from epi ‘near to’ + hēbē ‘youth, early manhood’.

Information about ephebe

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of ephebe is: ephebes.
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Hyphenation of ephebe

ephebe

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 6 chars.
  • ephebe is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

Words that rhyme with ephebe

Hebe, hebe, Achebe, Phebe, Thebe, thebe

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