catamite

English - Turkish

Definition of catamite in English Turkish dictionary

oğlan

ibne

(Tıp) İbne, oğlanl

{i} ibne (Argo)

English - English

Definition of catamite in English English dictionary

The junior partner in a paederastic relationship

And what about your brother? –Is he to be a catamite?.

{n} a boy that is kept for vile purposes

A boy kept for unnatural purposes

{i} boy used in homosexual acts

Hyphenation

ca·ta·mite

Etymology

() First attested in English in 1593The Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper: from Latin Catamītus, from Etruscan Catmite, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”); in Greek mythology, an attractive Trojan boy abducted to Mount Ólympos by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and, later, his lover.

Tenses

catamiting, catamited