词族 · catamite
词形变化
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。
英语词源
- 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.