eromenosn.

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 Ordinarily the older man, the lover (erastes), pursues the younger, the beloved (erômenos) and tries to seduce him. Here in a reversal of the usual roles Alcibiades becomes the erastes and Socrates the erômenos.

1978 K. J. Dover Greek Homosexuality i. 16 The pais in a homosexual relationship was often a youth who had attained full height..; in order to avoid cumbrousness and at the same time to avoid the imprecision of ‘boy’, I have consistently adopted the Greek term erōmenos.

1983 Gay Reporter 2 June 23/2 I am too naturally bolshy to be anyone's amanuensis, eromenos, concubine or plaything.

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.