Talk:Ephebos

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[edit] 'Ignorance of three languages'

Webster's Collegiate Dictionary (10th edition) does not observe 'ephebi' as plural of 'ephebe' but of 'ephebus'. If we claim that 'ephebi' is the English plural, we ought to say that 'ephebus' is the singular. Saying 'ephebe' is the singular, we ought to say that 'ephebus' is the singular.

Being personally opposed to archaic plurals and Latin intermediates of Greek words, I am going to edit the article to give 'ephebe' (pl. 'ephebes') as the English, noting 'ephebus/ephebi' are alternatives.

Agemegos 07:44, 18 June 2007 (UTC)