Cupido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cupido m

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

Alternative forms

• Kupido

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Cupīdō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuˈpiːdo/

• Audio:

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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 quotation)

Further reading

• “Cupido” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical):

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Proper noun

Cupīdō m (genitive Cupīdinis); third declension

1. Cupid (god of love, lust and sex)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Cu‧pi‧do

Proper noun

Cupido m

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

See also

• Eros

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Cupido m

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

Proper noun

Cupido f

1. Cupid (reindeer)

Proper noun

Cupido c (genitive Cupidos)

1. (Roman mythology, uncommon) Cupid (god of love)

   Synonyms: (common name) Amor, (literary) Astrild