catamite

英 ['kætəmaɪt] 美 ['kætəmaɪt]
  • n. 娈童(古时供人玩弄的男童)
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catamite 娈童

来自希腊神话人物Ganymede的拼写异化,原为特洛伊美少年,被主神宙斯看中成为宙斯的持杯童子,后指娈童。

catamite (n.)
"boy used in pederasty," 1590s, from Latin Catamitus, corruption of Ganymedes, the name of the beloved cup-bearer of Jupiter (see Ganymede). Cicero used it as a contemptuous insult against Antonius.