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"roman": "vidūṣaka",
"sense": "catamite",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "विदूषक"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "catamite",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "catamito"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "catamite",
"word": "oğlan"
},
{
"code": "ug",
"lang": "Uyghur",
"roman": "hezilek",
"sense": "catamite",
"word": "ھەزىلەك"
}
],
"word": "catamite"
}
{
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"English 3-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English doublets",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
"English terms derived from Etruscan",
"English terms derived from Latin",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English verbs",
"en:LGBT",
"en:Male",
"en:Male people",
"en:People"
],
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"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "catamītus",
"4": "",
"5": "boy kept as a sexual partner"
},
"expansion": "Latin catamītus (“boy kept as a sexual partner”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "ett",
"3": "𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄"
},
"expansion": "Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "grc",
"3": "Γανυμήδης",
"4": "",
"5": "Ganymede"
},
"expansion": "Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”)",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "Ganymede"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of Ganymede",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Latin catamītus (“boy kept as a sexual partner”), from Catamītus, from Etruscan 𐌂𐌀𐌕𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌄 (catmite), from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”), an attractive Trojan boy supposedly abducted to Mount Olympus by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and lover. Doublet of Ganymede.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "catamites",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "catamiting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "catamited",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "catamited",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
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"args": {},
"expansion": "catamite (third-person singular simple present catamites, present participle catamiting, simple past and past participle catamited)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"cat‧a‧mite"
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"word": "pathic"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"glosses": [
"To engage in a homoerotic relationship involving a boy and an older man."
],
"links": [
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"homoerotic",
"homoerotic"
],
[
"relationship",
"relationship"
],
[
"boy",
"boy"
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[
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"older"
],
[
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]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkætəmaɪt/"
}
],
"word": "catamite"
}
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