"erastes" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ɛˈɹæsteɪs/ Forms: erastai [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|en|grc|ἐραστής|t=lover}} Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”) Head templates: {{en-noun|erastai}} erastes (plural erastai)
  1. (Ancient Greece) An adult man who loved or was in a pedagogic relationship with an adolescent boy. Related terms: pederast Coordinate_terms: eromenos Translations (Translations): éraste [masculine] (French), Erastes (German)

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