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kourotrophic en · ADJ

Etymology

From Kourotrophos + -ic.

Meanings

  1. (Greek) Relating to the goddess Kourotrophos.
  2. (qualifier:Ancient Greece) Relating to the rearing of youths, especially in the context of Ancient Greece.
    • Virgin goddesses had no interest in exerting their powers in this way. Instead, the Greeks made them interact with mortal men in a kourotrophic capacity: rather than functioning as sexual partners, they became nurturing guardians of young men approaching adulthood or protectors of male heroes. 2007, Bonnie MacLachlan, Virginity Revisited: Configurations of the Unpossessed Body, page 15: