cuppedo

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Latin

Etymology

By surface analysis, cuppēs (“having a taste for delicacies”) +‎ -ēdō. But it may be an alternative form of cupīdō (“desire”) which took on a distinct meaning.

Pronunciation

Noun

cuppēdō f (genitive cuppēdinis); third declension

  1. a tidbit, delicacy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative cuppēdō cuppēdinēs
genitive cuppēdinis cuppēdinum
dative cuppēdinī cuppēdinibus
accusative cuppēdinem cuppēdinēs
ablative cuppēdine cuppēdinibus
vocative cuppēdō cuppēdinēs

References

  • “cuppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “cuppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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