catamite
noun/ˈkætəmaɪt/
/ˈkætəmaɪt/
(old use)- (in ancient Greece and Rome) a boy kept by a man for him to have sex withWord Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin catamitus, via Etruscan from Greek Ganumēdēs, Ganymede, a Trojan youth who was so beautiful he was carried off to be Zeus' cup-bearer in Greek mythology.
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