This word combines two Latin words, cornus, meaning "horn," and copia, meaning "plenty." In other words, it means "horn of plenty," the image so often presented of a huge sheep's horn overflowing with fruits and vegetables.
It receives its name from Amalthea, the goat who fed and cared for Zeus, when his mother put him in hiding from his father, Saturn, who feared that his son would kill him and take over his role as king of the gods.
After Amalthea raised him, Zeus broke off one of her horns, which forever after was filled with an unlimited supply of fruits, nuts, and herbs.
English word: Today, cornucopia still means "the horn of plenty," an emblem of abundance.
It receives its name from Amalthea, the goat who fed and cared for Zeus, when his mother put him in hiding from his father, Saturn, who feared that his son would kill him and take over his role as king of the gods.
After Amalthea raised him, Zeus broke off one of her horns, which forever after was filled with an unlimited supply of fruits, nuts, and herbs.
English word: Today, cornucopia still means "the horn of plenty," an emblem of abundance.
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