Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

kourotrophos

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: kourotrophos
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

name

divine epithet meaning "concerned with child-rearing"

name

Ancient Greek goddess whose functions pertained to child-rearing

Example Sentences

"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’."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: κουροτρόφος

Inflected Forms

kourotrophoi (plural)

Derived Forms

kourotrophic

Frequently Paired Words

kourotrophos

Questions

What does kourotrophos mean?: Any of a class of Mycenaean terracotta figurines depicting women carrying children.
Where does kourotrophos come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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