Catamite Definition

Origin of Catamite

• First attested in English in 1593: from Latin Catamītus, from Etruscan Catmite, from Ancient Greek Γανυμήδης (Ganumḗdēs, “Ganymede”); in Greek mythology, an attractive Trojan boy abducted to Mount Ólympos by the god Zeus to become his cupbearer and, later, his lover.

  From Wiktionary

• Latin catamītus from Catamītus Ganymede from Etruscan Catmite from Greek Ganumēdēs

  From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition