catamite

Significado (Inglés)

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.

Sinónimos

prime minister

punk

male prostitute

young gentleman

Traducións

catamita

catamita

oğlan

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pathicus

cinaedus

ibne

catamita

Lustknabe

catamite

Pronúnciase como (IPA)

/ˈkætəmaɪt/

Etimoloxía (Inglés)

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.