ἥβη
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ἐφήβαιον
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
ephēbaion
English translation (word)
pubes
Transliteration (Etymon)
hēbē
English translation (etymon)
youth
Century
12 AD
Source
idem
Ref.
Comm. Il., vol. 1, p. 691
Ed.
M. van der Valk, Eustathii archiepiscopi Thessalonicensis commentarii ad Homeri Iliadem pertinentes, vols. 1-4, Leiden: Brill, 1:1971; 2:1976; 3:1979; 4:1987
Quotation
καὶ τὸ ἐφήβαιον, οὗ πρόκειται ἥβη ἑτεροία, μέρος αὐτὴ δηλοῦσα σώματος.
Translation (En)
And the pubes (ephēbaion), where lies the other "youth" (hēbē), referring itself to a body part
Parallels
There is no parallel
Modern etymology
Derivative of ἔφηβος "young man", itself a compound of ἥβη "youth"
Persistence in Modern Greek
MG still has εφήβαιον "pubes" as a medical word
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
Compositional etymology referring the name of the pubes to the metaphoric meaning of ἥβη "youth", namely "pubes". The word is etymologized by a synonym, formally simpler