κουροτρόφος

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κουροτρόπος (kourotrópos)

Etymology

From κοῦρος (koûros) +‎ τρέφω (tréphō) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kuː.ro.tró.pʰos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ku.roˈtro.pʰos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ku.roˈtro.ɸos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ku.roˈtro.fos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ku.roˈtro.fos/

Adjective

κουροτρόφος • (kourotróphos) m or f (neuter κουροτρόφον); second declension

nurturing, mothering, nursing, nourishing, child-rearing
- 1 CE – 100 CE, Aretaeus, Treatment of Acute Diseases 2.3:
  διδόναι δὲ καὶ γάλα, μάλιστα μὲν γυναικὸς νεοτόκου καὶ κουροτρόφου.
  didónai dè kaì gála, málista mèn gunaikòs neotókou kaì kourotróphou.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 310 BCE – 240 BCE, Callimachus, Hymm to Deos 4.1:
  Τὴν ἱερήν, ὦ θυμέ, τίνα χρόνον ἢ πότʼ ἀείσεις
  Δῆλον, Ἀπόλλωνος κουροτρόφον; ἦ μὲν ἅπασαι
  Κυκλάδες, αἳ νήσων ἱερώταται εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖνται,
  εὔυμνοι· Δῆλος δʼ ἐθέλει τὰ πρῶτα φέρεσθαι
  ἐκ Μουσέων, ὅτι Φοῖβον ἀοιδάων μεδέοντα
  λοῦσέ τε καὶ σπείρωσε καὶ ὡς θεὸν ἤινεσε πρώτη.
  Tḕn hierḗn, ô thumé, tína khrónon ḕ pót aeíseis
  Dêlon, Apóllōnos kourotróphon? ê mèn hápasai
  Kukládes, haì nḗsōn hierṓtatai ein halì keîntai,
  eúumnoi; Dêlos d ethélei tà prôta phéresthai
  ek Mouséōn, hóti Phoîbon aoidáōn medéonta
  loûsé te kaì speírōse kaì hōs theòn ḗinese prṓtē.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
(Greek mythology) divine epithet meaning “child-rearing”
- 750 BCE – 650 BCE, Hesiod, Theogony 450-453:
  θῆκε δέ μιν Κρονίδης κουροτρόφον, οἳ μετ᾽ ἐκείνην ὀφθαλμοῖσιν ἴδοντο φάος πολυδερκέος Ἠοῦς. οὕτως ἐξ ἀρχῆς κουροτρόφος, αἳ δέ τε τιμαί.
  thêke dé min Kronídēs kourotróphon, hoì met’ ekeínēn ophthalmoîsin ídonto pháos poluderkéos Ēoûs. hoútōs ex arkhês kourotróphos, haì dé te timaí.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 100 BCE – 1 BCE, Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica 5.73:
  Ἄρτεμιν δέ φασιν εὑρεῖν τὴν τῶν νηπίων παιδίων θεραπείαν καὶ τροφάς τινας ἁρμοζούσας τῇ φύσει τῶν βρεφῶν: ἀφ᾽ ἧς αἰτίας καὶ κουροτρόφον αὐτὴν ὀνομάζεσθαι.
  Ártemin dé phasin heureîn tḕn tôn nēpíōn paidíōn therapeían kaì trophás tinas harmozoúsas tēî phúsei tôn brephôn: aph’ hês aitías kaì kourotróphon autḕn onomázesthai.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Second declension of κουροτρόφος; κουροτρόφον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	κουροτρόφος kourotróphos	κουροτρόφον kourotróphon	κουροτρόφω kourotróphō	κουροτρόφω kourotróphō	κουροτρόφοι kourotróphoi	κουροτρόφᾰ kourotróphă
Genitive	κουροτρόφου kourotróphou	κουροτρόφου kourotróphou	κουροτρόφοιν kourotróphoin	κουροτρόφοιν kourotróphoin	κουροτρόφων kourotróphōn	κουροτρόφων kourotróphōn
Dative	κουροτρόφῳ kourotróphōi	κουροτρόφῳ kourotróphōi	κουροτρόφοιν kourotróphoin	κουροτρόφοιν kourotróphoin	κουροτρόφοις kourotróphois	κουροτρόφοις kourotróphois
Accusative	κουροτρόφον kourotróphon	κουροτρόφον kourotróphon	κουροτρόφω kourotróphō	κουροτρόφω kourotróphō	κουροτρόφους kourotróphous	κουροτρόφᾰ kourotróphă
Vocative	κουροτρόφε kourotróphe	κουροτρόφον kourotróphon	κουροτρόφω kourotróphō	κουροτρόφω kourotróphō	κουροτρόφοι kourotróphoi	κουροτρόφᾰ kourotróphă
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	κουροτρόφως kourotróphōs		κουροτροφώτερος kourotrophṓteros		κουροτροφώτᾰτος kourotrophṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κουροτροφέω (kourotrophéō)

Descendants

English: Kourotrophos
- English: kourotrophos
French: courotrophe

References

“κουροτρόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κουροτρόφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
κουροτρόφος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
“κουροτρόφος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
“κουροτρόφος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
κουροτρόφος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
κουροτρόφος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011