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LNS

Catamītus, Catamītus

(Catameitus, Catameitus)

corrupt collat. form of Ganymedes; v. Paul. ex ; Mull.

noun (m., indeclinable declension)

the Latin name of Ganymede, Jupiter's cup-bearer

Abbreviations

Catamītus (-meitus), m. corrupt collat. form of Ganymedes; v. Paul. ex Fest. p. 7, 16; 44, 6 Mull., the Latin name of Ganymede, Jupiter's cup-bearer, Plaut. Men. 1, 2, 35; Lact. 1, 11, 19; App. M. 11, p. 261, 3; Prud. c. Symm. 1, 70.

— Transf., as appel. = pathicus, Cic. Phil. 2, 31, 77; Aus. Epit. Her. 33, 8; App. M. 1, p. 107, 31; v. Ganymedes.