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catamite

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Noun
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cat=a=mite

CIDE DICTIONARY

catamiten. [L. Catamitus, an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Gr. Ganymh`dhs.].
     A boy kept for unnatural purposes.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

catamite, n.
1 a boy kept for homosexual practices.
2 the passive partner in sodomy.

Etymology
L catamitus through Etruscan f. Gk Ganumedes Ganymede, cupbearer of Zeus

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