erastes

See also: Erastes and érastes

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”), from ἐράω (eráō, “to love”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈɹæsteɪs/

Noun

erastes (plural erastai)

1. (historical) An adult man in Ancient Greece who courted or was in a pederastic relationship with an adolescent boy, who was called an eromenos.
   • 2002, Stephen O Murray, Pacific Homosexualities (iUniverse 2002, p. 80)

     In regard to the boys (erōmenos) involved in ancient Greek pederasty, Dover (1978:52) asked: “What does the eromenos get out of submission to his erastēs?”

Coordinate terms

• eromenos

Translations

the older partner in a pederastic relationship

• German: Erastes
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Anagrams

• Easters, Teressa, arsetes, earsets, erasest, reseats, saeters, searest, seaters, starees, teasers, tessera