cupido

See also: Cupido

Latin

Etymology

From cupere (“to desire”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈpiː.doː/, [kʊˈpiː.doː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.do/, [kuˈpiː.do]
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Noun

cupīdō f (genitive cupīdinis); third declension

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

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative cupīdō cupīdinēs
genitive cupīdinis cupīdinum
dative cupīdinī cupīdinibus
accusative cupīdinem cupīdinēs
ablative cupīdine cupīdinibus
vocative cupīdō cupīdinēs

Adjective

cupido

  1. dative masculine singular of cupidus
  2. dative neuter singular of cupidus
  3. ablative masculine singular of cupidus
  4. ablative neuter plural 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray

Spanish

Noun

cupido m (plural cupidos)

  1. cupid
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