erastes

See also: Erastes and érastes

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).

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.

   Coordinate term: eromenos

   • 2002, Stephen O Murray, Pacific Homosexualities, iUniverse, page 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?”

Translations

the older partner in a pederastic relationship

• French: éraste (fr) m
• German: Erastes

Anagrams

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