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ephebo

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Shortening.

Noun

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ephebo (plural ephebos)

  1. (slang) An ephebophile.
    • 2009 February 21, R. L. Measures, “Re: "The View" Rips Catholicism - Again”, in alt.abortion, alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic, soc.men[1] (Usenet):
      Disenfranchise pedo-priests and ephebo-priests.
    • 2011 May 6, R. L. Measures., “Re: NBC allows Leno to bash priests”, in alt.abortion, alt.atheism, alt.religion.christian.roman-catholic, rec.arts.tv[2] (Usenet):
      About 98% of the pedo-priest cases in this archdiocese involved young boys and c. 2% involved teenage girls - so comparing homosexual pedo-priests to ephebo-teachers who become intimate with their female students is somewhat flawed.

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ephēbō m

  1. dative/ablative singular of ephēbus