Catamite vs. Pederast

Catamitenoun

A boy or younger man in a homoerotic relationship with an older man.

Catamitenoun

A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

Catamite

In ancient Greece and Rome, a catamite (Latin: catamitus) was a pubescent boy who was the intimate companion of a young man, usually in a pederastic relationship. It was generally a term of affection and literally means in Latin, but it was also used as a term of insult when directed toward a grown man.

Pederastnoun

A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.

Pederastnoun

One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.

Pederastnoun

a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner