cinaedus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κίναιδος (kínaidos, “catamite”), originally referring to a non-Roman dancer whose performance featured movements of the buttocks. The word's ultimate origin may be from a language of Asia Minor.^[1]

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kiˈnae̯.dus/, [kɪˈnae̯.dʊs]

Noun

cinaedus m (genitive cinaedī); second declension

(vulgar) sodomite, catamite (a passive male sexual partner)

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	cinaedus	cinaedī
genitive	cinaedī	cinaedōrum
dative	cinaedō	cinaedīs
accusative	cinaedum	cinaedōs
ablative	cinaedō	cinaedīs
vocative	cinaede	cinaedī

Adjective

cinaedus (feminine cinaeda, neuter cinaedum); first/second declension

unchaste; shameful; typical of a sodomite

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular			Plural
nominative	cinaedus	cinaeda	cinaedum	cinaedī	cinaedae	cinaeda
genitive	cinaedī	cinaedae	cinaedī	cinaedōrum	cinaedārum	cinaedōrum
dative	cinaedō	cinaedae	cinaedō	cinaedīs
accusative	cinaedum	cinaedam	cinaedum	cinaedōs	cinaedās	cinaeda
ablative	cinaedō	cinaedā	cinaedō	cinaedīs
vocative	cinaede	cinaeda	cinaedum	cinaedī	cinaedae	cinaeda

↑ Craig Williams, Roman Homosexuality (Oxford University Press, 1999, 2010), p. 193.

References

cinaedus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cinaedus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
cinaedus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
cinaedus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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[1] Craig Williams, Roman Homosexuality (Oxford University Press, 1999, 2010), p. 193.