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kourotrophos

kourotrophos noun: any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.

Noun

kourotrophos (plural kourotrophoi)

  1. Any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.

Proper noun capitalized: Kourotrophos

Kourotrophos

  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

Forms of kourotrophos

pluralkourotrophoi

Origin of kourotrophos

Presumably from Kourotrophos, itself from Ancient Greek κουροτρόφος (kourotróphos). Assigned by Elizabeth B. French, c. 1970

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

Words formed from kourotrophos

Questions about kourotrophos

What does kourotrophos mean?
Kourotrophos means any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
What part of speech is kourotrophos?
Kourotrophos can be a noun or a proper noun.
What is the plural of kourotrophos?
The plural of kourotrophos is kourotrophoi.

Words near kourotrophos in the dictionary

  1. Kouris
  2. kouroi
  3. kouros
  4. kourotrophic
  5. kourotrophoi
  6. kourotrophos
  7. Kourou
  8. Kourtney
  9. Koury
  10. Kourys
  11. kousapw

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