catamite的词源

英文词源

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.

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。

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