korophilia

From Ancient Greek κόρος (kóros, “boy, youth”) and φίλος (phílos, “dear, beloved”).

korophilia (uncountable)

1. Sexual attraction to boys or young men.
   • 1990, Wayne Dynes; Warren Johansson; William A Percy; Stephen Donaldson, Encyclopedia of Homosexuality, New York: Garland, →ISBN, Appendix:

     In the age-differentiated type, as seen in ancient Greek and in Islamic pederasty, Spartan korophilia, pedophilia, [...] the older partner has something, namely adulthood and the knowledge that goes with it, that the younger is seeking to acquire.

• korophile