It also appears in Meditations by Marcus Aurelius (Books 3.16, 5.10 and 6.34). The word became a general term for a boy groomed for sexual purposes.
It is sometimes a synonym for puer delicatus, 'delicate boy'. The word appears widely but not necessarily frequently in the Latin literature of antiquity, from Plautus to Ausonius.In Plato's dialogue Gorgias (at 494e), Socrates uses the phrase κιναίδων βίος in a conversation with Callicles contrasting appetites and contentment.References in literature and popular culture
