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kourotrophos¹

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

noun kourotrophoi

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

Kourotrophos²

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

  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’.
  2. Greek Ancient Greek goddess whose functions pertained to child-rearing

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"kourotrophos." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/kourotrophos.

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@misc{kourotrophos_2026,
  title = {kourotrophos},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/kourotrophos},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}