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Definition of catamite noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

catamite

noun
 
/ˈkætəmaɪt/
 
/ˈkætəmaɪt/
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  1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a boy kept by a man for him to have sex with
    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin catamitus, via Etruscan from Greek Ganumēdēs, Ganymede, a Trojan youth who was so beautiful he was carried off to be Zeus' cup-bearer in Greek mythology.
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