paederastia

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

• paederastia: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pae̯.dɛˈras.ti.a]
• paederastia: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pe.d̪eˈras.t̪i.a]
• paederastiā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pae̯.dɛˈras.ti.aː]
• paederastiā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pe.d̪eˈras.t̪i.a]

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.

First-declension noun.

• (pederasty): cinaedia, paedīcātiō

• English: pederastice