Kourotrophos
See also: kourotrophos
English
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Etymology
[edit]Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos, “rearing boys” or “bringing up boys”).
Proper noun
[edit]Kourotrophos
- (Greek mythology) divine epithet meaning "concerned with child-rearing"
- 2012, The Oxford Classical Dictionary[1], 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’.
- (Greek mythology) Ancient Greek goddess whose functions pertained to child-rearing
Related terms
[edit]Usage notes
[edit]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.