catamite en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈkætəmaɪt/
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man.
And what about your brother? – Is he to be a catamite?
2007 July 4, Mere Smith, “Heroes of the Republic”, in Rome, season 2, episode 5, spoken by Lyde:It was the afternoon of my eighty-first birthday, and I was in bed with my catamite when Ali announced that the archbishop had come to see me.
1980, Anthony Burgess, Earthly Powers, page 7:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| catamites | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Translations (33)
la catamītus (catamite) · es catamito (catamite) · mn аруухан хөвгүүн (catamite) · la pathicus (catamite) · sa विदूषक (catamite) · la glaber (catamite) · cop ⲙⲁⲗⲁⲕⲟⲥ (catamite) · la delicium (catamite) · fa بچهقشنگ (catamite) · fa بچهخوشگل (catamite) · fi katamiitti (catamite) · ps چسکه (catamite) · grc ἐρώμενος (catamite) · fr catamite (catamite) · ug ھەزىلەك (catamite) · tr oğlan (catamite) · pt catamita (catamite) · cy bryntwas (catamite) · nl schandknaap (catamite) · ota حیز (catamite) · de Lustknabe (catamite) · he קָדֵשׁ (catamite) · ru катами́т (catamite) · grc μαλακός (catamite) · ja 陰間 (catamite) · kmr hîz (catamite) · mn ᠠᠷᠤᠤᠬᠠᠨ ᠬᠥᠪᠡᠭᠦᠨ (catamite) · ota ككز (catamite) · ja 稚児 (catamite) · hi विदूषक (catamite) · cmn 孌童 /娈童 (catamite) · fa شاهد (catamite) · ar مَأْبُون (catamite)