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Headword:
Ἔφηβος
Adler number: epsilon,3889
Translated headword: adolescent
Vetting Status: low
Translation: A boy, a youth, [one] in his prime. From which [sc. comes the verb] ἐφηβεύω .
"Timasion, an Egyptian boy, had just departed from adolescence and had attained his youthful strength. His step-mother pressed her passion on him against his self-control and began to make his father angry."[1]
Greek Original:Ἔφηβος: παῖς, νέος, ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἀκμῇ. ὅθεν ἐφηβεύω. Τιμασίων, μειράκιον Αἰγύπτιον, ἐφήβου δὲ ἄρτι ὑπαπῄει καὶ τὴν ὥραν ἄρτι ἔρρωτο. σωφρονοῦντι δὲ αὐτῷ ἡ μητρυιὰ ἐρῶσα ἐπέκειτο καὶ χαλεπὸν τὸν πατέρα ἐποίει.
Notes:
Keywords: biography; children; chronology; daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; gender and sexuality; women
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 24 January 2008@22:11:23.
Vetted by: David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaks) on 25 January 2008@05:43:35.
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