philerast

Meaning

Noun

• A boy who feels philia or more specifically anterōs, for his paederastic lover.

Related

Similar words

• beloved, boy, catamite, darling, erōmenos, pais

Origin

• From Ancient Greek φιλεραστής, from φίλος or φιλέω + ἐραστής (compare the English cognates phil- + erastes); φιλεραστής was used by Plato in his Symposium as an alternative to ἐρώμενος, to imply greater equitability and reciprocity and to avoid the latter term’s denotational passivity.