A.lad, stripling, Antipho 3.3.11, Ar.Nu.917 (anap.), Pl.R.497e, Prt.315d, Men.Georg. 46; “ἔφηβος, μ., ἀνήρ, γέρων” Id.18 D.; “ἄχρι γενείου λαχνώσιος, ἐς τὰ τρὶς ἑπτά” Hp. ap. Ph.1.26; “παῖς, μ., νεανίσκος” Arr.Epict.3.9.8; under twenty-one, Plu.Brut.27; about twenty, Luc.DMort.9.4; “ἐκ μειρακίων μέχρι γήρως” Isoc.15.93, cf. Aeschin.1.39; “εἰς ἄνδρας ἐκ μειρακίων τελευτᾶν” Pl.Tht.173b; “ἐκ μειρακίου” Is.5.40.
2. of adults, in a contemptuous sense, Plb.2.68.2, Plu.Phil.6.