Kourotrophos

See also: kourotrophos

English

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos, “rearing boys” or “bringing up boys”).

Proper noun

Kourotrophos

1. (Greek mythology) divine epithet meaning "concerned with child-rearing"
   • 2012, The Oxford Classical Dictionary‎, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 249:

     Several Greek deities have a title *Kourotrophos, meaning ‘concerned with child-rearing’, but no Greek or Roman goddess is specifically concerned with lactation and there are few examples in art of the ‘nursing goddess’.

2. (Greek mythology) Ancient Greek goddess whose functions pertained to child-rearing

Usage notes

The original Ancient Greek term seems to refer to a distinct goddess in some circumstances, although it is only an epithet applied to other deities in other instances.

Related terms

• kourotrophos

References

• 2016 March 7, Emily Kearns, Kourotrophos‎, →DOI, →ISBN: