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κουροτρόφος

κουροτρόφος, rearing boys

κουρο-τρόφος, ον,
  • rearing children, rare in lit. sense, γυνὴ νεοτόκος καὶ κ. Aret. CA 2.3: usu. metaph., ἀγαθὴ κ. good nursing-mother, of Ithaca, Od. 9.27, cf. Pi. Fr. 109; κ. Ἑλλάς E. Tr. 566 (lyr., s.v.l.); Ἀπόλλωνος κ., of Delos, Call. Del. 2, 276: freq. as epith. of goddesses, as Hecate, Hes. Th. 450; Ἄρτεμις D.S. 5.73; Λοχία Supp.Epigr. 3.400.9 (Delph., iii B. C.); of the Roman goddess Rumina, Plu. Aet.Gr. 2.278d; esp. of Aphrodite, Hom. Epigr. 12; called ἡ K. alone, IG 1(2).840.9, Ar. Th. 299, Pl. Com. 174.7, Luc. DMeretr. 5.1; αἱ πύλαι αἱ κατὰ Κουροτρόφον, at Delos, IG ΙΙ(2).203A 46 (iii B. C.):—in form Κουροτρόπος, ὁ (sc. μήν), name of Acarnanian month, ib. 5(1).29.11 (Sparta).

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