Word: philerasts
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: phi
le
rasts
Definition: Plural of philerast. A boy who feels philia or more specifically anterōs, for his paederastic lover.
Morphemes:
Affix: philerast
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A boy who feels philia or more specifically anterōs, for his paederastic lover.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: φῐ́λος
Language: grc
Decoded: philos
Meaning: beloved, dear
Affix: -έω
Language: grc
Decoded: -eo
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and other verbs. Often, not always, added to the stems of thematic nouns or adjectives in -ος.
Affix: ἐράω
Language: grc
Decoded: erao
Meaning: to love
Affix: -στης
Language: grc
Decoded: -stes
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to noun stems to form masculine nouns of the person concerned with a thing
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form many pluralia tantum (nouns that are almost or entirely without singular forms).