cupido

See also: Cupido and cúpido

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin cupīdō (“desire; lust”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃuˈpido/
  • Hyphenation: cu‧pi‧do

Noun

cupido (first-person possessive cupidoku, second-person possessive cupidomu, third-person possessive cupidonya)

  1. philtrum

Further reading

Latin

Etymology 1

From cupiō (“I desire”).

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

cupīdō f (genitive cupīdinis); third declension

  1. desire, longing, especially amorous desire, eagerness
    Synonyms: studium, dēsīderium, vehementia, appetītiō, amor, libīdō, appetītus, ardor
  2. lust, passion, greed
    Synonyms: amor, avāritia, impetus, calor
    cupīdō caeca ― blind ambition
Usage notes

According to scholars such as Döderlein, the difference between cupīdō and cupiditās is that cupīdō is seen as active desire, whereas cupiditās is more of a passive desire of passion that befalls someone as a state of mind. Cupīdō consists of especially desire for possessions, money or power. Cupiditās is used as desire for goods of any kind.

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

cupidō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular 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

Further reading
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