Cupido

See also: cupido and cúpido

German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cupīdō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈpiːdo/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun

Cupido m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cupidos)

  1. (Roman mythology, poetic) Cupid
    Synonym: Amor
    • 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Hexenküche”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]‎:
      Den edlen Müßiggang lehr ich hernach dich schätzen, / Und bald empfindest du mit innigem Ergetzen, / Wie sich Cupido regt und hin und wider springt.
      (please add an English translation of this quote)

Declension
Declension of Cupido [sg-only, masculine, strong]
singular
indef. def. noun
nominative ein der Cupido
genitive eines des Cupidos
dative einem dem Cupido
accusative einen den Cupido

Further reading
  • “Cupido” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Latin
Cupīdō cum arcū suō (Cupid with his bow)

Etymology

Personification of cupīdō (“desire, longing”), with a change in gender to masculine.

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈpiː.doː/, [kʊˈpiːd̪oː]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.do/, [kuˈpiːd̪o]
  • audio (classical)(file)
  • audio (ecclesiastical)(file)

Proper noun

Cupīdō m (genitive Cupīdinis); third declension

  1. Cupid; the god of love

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

Synonyms

Descendants
  • English: Cupid
  • French: Cupidon
  • Portuguese: Cupido

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.du/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.do/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.du/ [kuˈpi.ðu]

  • Hyphenation: Cu‧pi‧do

Proper noun

Cupido m

  1. (Roman mythology) Cupid (the god of love)

See also

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuˈpido/ [kuˈpi.ð̞o]
  • Rhymes: -ido
  • Syllabification: Cu‧pi‧do

Proper noun

Cupido m

  1. Cupid (god of love, son of Venus)
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