Dictionary

Kourotrophos en · PROPN

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (Greek) divine epithet meaning "concerned with child-rearing"
   • 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’. 2012, The Oxford Classical Dictionary, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 249:
2. (Greek) Ancient Greek goddess whose functions pertained to child-rearing

Deriveds

kourotrophic

Relateds

kourotrophos