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Latin
Etymology
From cupiō + -idus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
cupidus (feminine cupida, neuter cupidum, comparative cupidior, superlative cupidissimus); first/second-declension adjective
- eager, desirous, passionate, fond (+ genitive or + in ablative)
- Synonyms: dēsīderōsus, impiger, studiōsus, sēdulus, ācer, libēns, intentus, aspīrāns
- pacis cupidus ― peace lover
- greedy, covetous
- wanton, lecherous
- partial, biased, favoring
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
Further reading
- “cupidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cupidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- a demagogue, agitator: plebis dux, vulgi turbator, civis turbulentus, civis rerum novarum cupidus
- revolutionists: homines seditiosi, turbulenti or novarum rerum cupidi
- to hold revolutionary opinions: novarum rerum cupidum esse