catamite

n. 娈童

发音

其它 /ˈkætəmaɪt/

词形变化

catamites 复数 catamites catamited catamites 三单 catamiting catamiting 现在分词 catamited 过去式 catamited 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

    娈童

v.
  1. 1.

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

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

boy

词源

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.

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