cupido

See also: Cupido

Latin

Etymology 1

From cupiō (“I desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kuˈpiː.doː/, [kʊˈpiːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kuˈpi.do/, [kuˈpiːd̪o]

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Noun

cupīdō f (genitive cupīdinis); third declension

1. desire, longing, especially amorous desire
2. lust, passion, greed

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cupīdō	cupīdinēs
Genitive	cupīdinis	cupīdinum
Dative	cupīdinī	cupīdinibus
Accusative	cupīdinem	cupīdinēs
Ablative	cupīdine	cupīdinibus
Vocative	cupīdō	cupīdinēs

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pi.doː/, [ˈkʊpɪd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈku.pi.do/, [ˈkuːpid̪o]

Adjective

(deprecated template usage) cupidō

1. dative masculine singular of cupidus
2. dative neuter singular of cupidus
3. ablative masculine singular of cupidus
4. ablative neuter singular of cupidus

Related terms

• cupidē
• cupiditās
• Cupīdō
• 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

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Spanish

Noun

cupido m (plural cupidos)

1. cupid