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Meaning of eromenos | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

/ɛˈɹəʊmɛnɒs/

Definitions

An adolescent boy in Ancient Greece who was loved by an older man, or was in an pedagogic relationship with him.

historical

Equivalents

Français éromène

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

Erondu-Cymet syndrome Érone Eronen syndrome Eroom's law Eros erosibility