paederastia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek παιδερᾰστίᾱ (paiderastíā, love of boys).

Pronunciation

  • paederastia: (Classical) IPA(key): /pae̯.deˈras.ti.a/, [päe̯d̪ɛˈräs̠t̪iä]
  • paederastia: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.deˈras.ti.a/, [ped̪eˈräst̪iä]
  • paederastiā: (Classical) IPA(key): /pae̯.deˈras.ti.aː/, [päe̯d̪ɛˈräs̠t̪iäː]
  • paederastiā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pe.deˈras.ti.a/, [ped̪eˈräst̪iä]

Noun

paederastia f (genitive paederastiae); first declension

  1. (Late Latin) love of boys, pederasty [4th C. onward]
    • 1828, Jacopo Facciolati and Egidio Forcellini (authors), and Jacobus Bailey (editor), Totius Latinitatis Lexicon II, page 937:
      Pæderastia, παιδεραστία, amor puerorum.
      Pæderastia, παιδεραστία, love of boys.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative paederastia paederastiae
Genitive paederastiae paederastiārum
Dative paederastiae paederastiīs
Accusative paederastiam paederastiās
Ablative paederastiā paederastiīs
Vocative paederastia paederastiae

Synonyms

Descendants

  • English: pederastice
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