Child Groomer, Sexual Predator
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Catamite
Not to be confused with
Calamite.In
ancient Greece and
Rome, a
catamite (
Latin:
catamītus) was a
pubescent boy who was the intimate companion of an older male, usually in a
pederastic relationship.
[1] It was generally a term of affection and literally means "
Ganymede" in Latin, but it was also used as a term of insult when directed toward a grown man.
[2]The word derives from the
proper noun Catamitus, the
Latinized form of Ganymede, the name of the beautiful
Trojan youth abducted by
Zeus to be his companion and cupbearer, according to Greek mythology.
[3] The
Etruscan form of the name was
Catmite, from an alternative Greek form of the name,
Gadymedes.
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