catamite

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

Noun

A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man.

Verb

To engage in a homoerotic relationship involving a boy and an older man.

Συνώνυμα

prime minister

punk

male prostitute

young gentleman

Μεταφράσεις

catamita

catamita

oğlan

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pathicus

cinaedus

ibne

catamita

Lustknabe

catamite

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈkætəmaɪt/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

From Latin catamītus (“boy kept as a sexual partner”), from Catamītus, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”), an attractive Trojan boy supposedly abducted to Mount Olympus by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and lover. Doublet of Ganymede.