paederastia

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek παιδερᾰστίᾱ (paiderastíā, “love of boys”).

Pronunciation

• paederastia: (Classical) IPA^(key): /pae̯.deˈras.ti.a/, [päe̯d̪ɛˈräs̠t̪iä]
• paederastia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈras.ti.a/, [ped̪eˈräst̪iä]
• paederastiā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /pae̯.deˈras.ti.aː/, [päe̯d̪ɛˈräs̠t̪iäː]
• paederastiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pe.deˈras.ti.a/, [ped̪eˈräst̪iä]

Noun

paederastia f (genitive paederastiae); first declension

1. (Late Latin) love of boys, pederasty [4^th C. onward]
   • 1828, Jacopo Facciolati, Egidio Forcellini, edited by Jacobus Bailey, Totius Latinitatis Lexicon, II, page 937:

     Pæderastia, παιδεραστία, amor puerorum.

     Pæderastia, παιδεραστία, love of boys.

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	paederastia	paederastiae
Genitive	paederastiae	paederastiārum
Dative	paederastiae	paederastiīs
Accusative	paederastiam	paederastiās
Ablative	paederastiā	paederastiīs
Vocative	paederastia	paederastiae

Synonyms

• (pederasty): cinaedia, paedīcātiō

Related terms

• erastēs
• paedagōgīa
• paedagōgīum
• paedagōgō
• paedagōgus
• paedantismus
• paedenes
• paederastēs
• Paedia
• paedīcō
• paedicus
• paedisca
• paediscium
• paedomathēs
• paedomathia
• paedonomus
• paedopullon
• paedotriba
• paedotribia

Descendants

• English: pederastice