erastesn.
/ɛˈrasteɪs//ɛˈrasteɪz//ɛˈrastiːz/ In ancient Greece, an older man who desires or pursues a younger man (known as an eromenos).
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun] > devotion or attendance on a lady > older man who pursues a younger man
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1932 H. Licht Sexual Life in Anc. Greece 414 A boy's lover..was called ἐραστής..; the boy who was the object of affection was called ἐρώμενος (loved).]
1970 Trans. & Proc. Amer. Philol. Assoc. 101 274 The erastes has to proceed from level to level of these forms of beauty, until he reaches the Idea.
1978 K. J. Dover Greek Homosexuality i. 16 For the senior partner I have adopted the Greek noun erastēs, ‘lover’.
1978 K. J. Dover Greek Homosexuality ii. 66 A male who has one or more erastai and is accustomed to the attentions and admiration of older males may himself fall in love with a girl.
1990 R. Garland Gr. Way of Life 178 An adolescent youth called an erômenos..was introduced into adult society by an older homosexual lover or erastês, most probably in his mid- to late twenties.
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