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Catamitus

Catamitus · m

the Latin name of Ganymede

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Where it lives

Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 1 · 2.74/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k

What it meant

Cătămītus — Lewis & Short

Cătămītus (-meitus), m.corrupt collat. form of Ganymedes; v. Paul. ex Fest. p. 7, 16; 44, 6 Müll.,

I the Latin name of Ganymede, Jupiter's cup-bearer, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 35; Lact. 1, 11, 19; App. M. 11, p. 261, 3; Prud. c. Symm. 1, 70.—

II Transf., as appel. = pathicus, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77; Aus. Epit. Her. 33, 8; App. M. 1, p. 107, 31; v. Ganymedes.

In the wild

Catamitus Apuleius, Metamorphoses 1.12
Catamiti Apuleius, Metamorphoses 11.8
Catamitus Ausonius, Epigrammata Ausonii de diversis rebus 62.8

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. catamitus (scan p. 129; entry #1880).

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