Medical Dictionary
Main Entry:
cat·a·mite Pronunciation:
'kat-&-"mIt Function:
noun : a boy kept by a pederast called also
pathicCatáaámiátus /"kat-&-'mIt-&s, -'mEt-/ (
Greek Ganáyámede /'gan-i-"mEd/ ), Greek mythological character. Ganymede was an attractive Trojan boy whowas abducted to Olympus to become the cupbearer of Zeus and later his homosexual lover.