Etymograph

English

eromenos

Eromenos comes from Ancient Greek ἐρώμενος ‘beloved’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐρώμενοςerṓmenos‘beloved’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996eromenos

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐρώμενοςerṓmenos‘beloved’
  2. Englishearliest quotation 1996eromenos

Earliest quotation: 1996, William Armstrong Percy III, Pederasty and Pedagogy in Archaic Greece: “In his early twenties the young aristocratic lover (erastes)…”

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἐρώμενος

Today it means

noun An adolescent boy who was loved by an older man, or was in an pedagogic relationship with him.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἐρώμενος / eromenos

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