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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
catamite /ˈkatəmʌɪt/

▶noun archaic a boy kept for homosexual practices.

– origin C16: from L. catamitus, via Etruscan from Greek Ganumēdēs ‘Ganymede’ (the name of Zeus's cup-bearer in Gk mythology).

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