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cat⋅a⋅mite

  [kat-uh-mahyt]
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–noun
a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man.
Origin:
1585–95; < L Catamītus < Etruscan Catmite < Gk Ganymdēs Ganymede
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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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Word Origin & History

catamite 
1593, from L. Catamitus, corruption of Ganymedes, the beloved cup-bearer of Jupiter.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

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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