词根词缀:hebe-, heb-
【来源及含义】Greek: youth, pubescence, puberty [the period during which the secondary characteristics of maturity begin to develop; by extension, a young man]
【相关描述】At the end of the first year the ephebians gave a display of their skill in military tactics and drills before the citizens of Athens in the state theater. At the close of this display each ephebian received a spear and a shield and took his oath of allegiance.
【同源单词】ephebe, ephebian, ephebiatrics, ephebic, ephebology, ephebus
词根词缀:-ian
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix form of -an from -ianus, a modifier of the main word to which it is attached: belonging to, coming from, being involved in, or being like something
【相关描述】Appearing in such words as comedian, egalitarian, Bostonian, Italian, Smithsonian, mathematician, Alabamian, Californian, Arizonian, and Canadian. It is attached to the root of common or proper nouns with the meanings "of, pertaining to, from", or "like" the proper name appearing in the stem.
【同源单词】abecedarian, academician, acanthopterygian, acararian, acoustician, aeolian