释义 |
ephebeum Antiq.|ɛfiːˈbiːəm| [L., a. Gr. ἐϕηβεῖον, f. ἔϕηβος ephebe.] A court in the palæstra for the young men to exercise themselves.
1697Potter Archæol. Græcæ i. viii. 40 (caption) The Ephebeum. 1851–2Archit. Publ. Soc., Detached Ess. (1853) Baths 3/1 The ephebæum (or young men's hexedra). 1901R. Sturgis Dict. Archit., Ephebeion; -eum. In Greek archæology, a place for the youths (epheboi) to exercise; hence, in Greco-Roman archæology, any place for gymnastic exercises, as in connection with Roman thermæ. |