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παιδεραστ-ής

paiderastes · ὁ

lover of boys

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Where it lives

  • Symposium 2 · 1.15/10k
  • Anabasis 1 · 0.18/10k

What it meant

παιδεραστ-ής · paiderast-ēs — LSJ

lover of boys

lover of boys, mostly in bad sense, Ar. Ach. 265 (lyr.), X. An. 7.4.7, Pl. Smp. 192b, Eub. 130, etc.

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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