Sodomy ( /s ɒ d əm i / ) noma buggery ( British English ) ngokuvamile ucansi lwendunu noma ubulili bomlomo phakathi kwabantu noma umsebenzi wocansi komuntu isilwane okungezona ezabantu ( nesilwane ), kodwa kungase futhi kusho noma ukuphi ucansi elingekho lokuzala.Ekuqaleni, igama elithi sodomy, elisuselwa endabeni yeSodoma neGomora eNcwadini kaGenesise,lalivame ukuvinjelwa ocansini lwendunu.Imithetho yeSodomy emazweni amaningi yenza lokhu kuziphatha kube yicala.Emazweni aseNtshonalanga, eminingi yale mithetho iguquliwe noma kaningi ayiphoqelelwa. Leli gama lisuselwa ku- Ecclesiastical Latin peccatum Sodomiticum noma "isono saseSodoma",sona esivela egameni lasendulo lesiGreki elithi Σόδομα (ISódoma).UGenesise (izahluko18-20) usitshela ukuthi uNkulunkulu wayefisa kanjani ukubhubhisa imizi "enesono" yaseSodoma naseGomora.Izingelosi ezimbili zimenywa uLoti ukuba ziphephele nomndeni wakhe ebusuku. Amadoda aseSodoma azungeze indlu kaLoti futhi afuna ukuba akhiphe izithunywa ukuze "zizazi" (le nkulumo ifaka nezincazelo zocansi).ULoti ubhikisha ethi "izithunywa" izivakashi zakhe futhi unikeza abaseSodoma amadodakazi akhe ayizintombi esikhundleni salokho, kodwa-ke basongela ngokuthi "bazokwenza okubi kakhulu" noLoti kunalokho abebengenza ngezivakashi zakhe.Khona-ke izingelosi zashaya abaseSodoma izimpumputhe, "baze bazikhathaza ukuthola umnyango"