cupido

See also: Cupido and cúpido

Catalan

Etymology

From Cupido (“Cupid”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈpi.ðu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kuˈpi.ðo]

Noun

cupido m (plural cupidos)

1. An adorable child.

Further reading

• “cupido”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cupido (uncountable)

1. philtrum

Further reading

• “cupido” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology 1

From cupiō (“I desire”).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical):

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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.

	singular	plural
nominative	cupīdō	cupīdinēs
genitive	cupīdinis	cupīdinum
dative	cupīdinī	cupīdinibus
accusative	cupīdinem	cupīdinēs
ablative	cupīdine	cupīdinibus
vocative	cupīdō	cupīdinēs

Descendants

• → Italian: cupidine
• ⇒ Latin: *cupīdinōsus
  • → English: cupidinous

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

cupidō

1. dative/ablative masculine/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

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cupido m (plural cupidos)

1. cupid

Derived terms

• hierba cupido

 

Further reading

• “cupido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10