Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eromenos

/ɛˈɹəʊmɛnɒs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eromenos
IPA: /ɛˈɹəʊmɛnɒs/

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐρώμενος (erṓmenos, “beloved”).

Inflected Forms

eromenoi (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

erastes

Questions

How do you pronounce eromenos?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɛˈɹəʊmɛnɒs/.
What does eromenos mean?: An adolescent boy who was loved by an older man, or was in an pedagogic relationship with him.
Where does eromenos come from?: Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἐρώμενος (erṓmenos, “beloved”).

How to pronounce eromenos

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