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cat⋅a⋅mite
[kat-uh-mahyt] 
əˌmaɪt
–noun
| a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man. |
dēs
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| cat·a·mite (kāt'ə-mīt') n. A boy who has a sexual relationship with a man. [Latin catamītus, from Catamītus, Ganymede, from Etruscan Catmite, from Greek Ganumēdēs.] |
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Catamite
Cat"a*mite\, n. [L. Catamitus, an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Gr. ?.] A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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catamite
1593, from L. Catamitus, corruption of Ganymedes, the beloved cup-bearer of Jupiter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: cat·a·mite
Pronunciation: 'kat-&-"mIt
Function: noun
: a boy kept by a pederast called also pathic
Catáaámiátus /"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.
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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