English
Etymology
From Greek ���μενο� �beloved�, from ε�αν �be in love with�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/��r��m�n�s/
Noun
en-noun|eromeno|i
- (Greek History) A young man that is pursued sexually by an older man.
#:*1996: In his early twenties the young aristocratic lover (erastes) took a teen-aged youth, the eromenos or beloved, to bond with and train before going on at about age thirty to matrimony and fatherhood. � William Armstrong Percy, Pederasty and Pedagogy in Ancient Greece (Illinois 1998, p. 1)
See also
erastes
ru:eromenos
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