catamite
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catamite词义
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n. 娈童（古时供人玩弄的男童）
中文词源
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英文词源
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- 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.