catamite
英 ['kætəmaɪt]
美 ['kætəmaɪt]
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.