cupido

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See also: Cupido and cúpido

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Etymology

From Cupido (“Cupid”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cupido m (plural cupidos)

  1. An adorable child.

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cupīdō (“desire; lust”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpido/
  • Hyphenation: cu‧pi‧do

Noun

cupido (uncountable)

  1. philtrum

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

From cupiō (“I desire”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cupīdō f (genitive cupīdinis); third declension

  1. desire, longing, especially amorous desire, eagerness
    Synonyms: studium, dēsīderium, vehementia, appetītiō, amor, libīdō, appetītus, ardor
  2. lust, passion, greed
    Synonyms: amor, avāritia, impetus, calor
    cupīdō caeca ― blind ambition
Usage notes

According to scholars such as Döderlein, the difference between cupīdō and cupiditās is that cupīdō is seen as active desire, whereas cupiditās is more of a passive desire of passion that befalls someone as a state of mind. Cupīdō consists of especially desire for possessions, money or power. Cupiditās is used as desire for goods of any kind.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cupīdō cupīdinēs
genitive cupīdinis cupīdinum
dative cupīdinī cupīdinibus
accusative cupīdinem cupīdinēs
ablative cupīdine cupīdinibus
vocative cupīdō cupīdinēs
Descendants
  • → Italian: cupidine
  • ⇒ Latin: *cupīdinōsus

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

cupidō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cupidus

References

  • “cupido”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cupido in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “cupido”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “cupido”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuˈpido/
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: cu‧pi‧do

Noun

cupido m (plural cupidos)

  1. cupid

Derived terms

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