# κουροτρόφος
## Ancient Greek
### Alternative forms

* κουροτρόπος (kourotrópos)

### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kuː.ro.tró.pʰos/ → /ku.roˈtro.ɸos/ → /ku.roˈtro.fos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /kuː.ro.tró.pʰos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /ku.roˈtro.pʰos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /ku.roˈtro.ɸos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /ku.roˈtro.fos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /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 têi phúsei tôn brephôn: aph’ hês aitías kaì kourotróphon autḕn onomázesthai.(please add an English translation of this quotation)

#### 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