paederastia

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Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek παιδερᾰστίᾱ (paiderăstíā, “love of boys”).

Pronunciation

paederastia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯.deˈras.ti.a/,
paederastia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈras.ti.a/,
paederastiā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pae̯.deˈras.ti.aː/,
paederastiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈras.ti.a/,

Noun

paederastia f (genitive paederastiae); first declension

(Late Latin) love of boys, pederasty
- 1828, Jacopo Facciolati, Egidio Forcellini, edited by Jacobus Bailey, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon, II, page 937:
  Pæderastia, παιδεραστία, amor puerorum.
  Pæderastia, παιδεραστία, love of boys.

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	paederastia	paederastiae
genitive	paederastiae	paederastiārum
dative	paederastiae	paederastiīs
accusative	paederastiam	paederastiās
ablative	paederastiā	paederastiīs
vocative	paederastia	paederastiae

Synonyms

(pederasty): cinaedia, paedīcātiō

Related terms

Descendants

English: pederastice

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