Cupido
Catalan
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).
Pronunciation
editProper noun
editCupido m
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editGerman
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCupido m (proper noun, strong, genitive Cupidos)
- (Roman mythology, poetic) Cupid
- Synonym: Amor
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Hexenküche”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One][1]:
- 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)
Declension
editDeclension of Cupido [sg-only, masculine, strong]
Further reading
edit- “Cupido” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Latin
editEtymology
editPersonification of cupīdō (“desire, longing”), with a change in gender to masculine.
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /kuˈpiː.doː/, [kʊˈpiːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.do/, [kuˈpiːd̪o]
Audio (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical): (file)
Proper noun
editCupīdō m (genitive Cupīdinis); third declension
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Cupīdō | Cupīdinēs |
genitive | Cupīdinis | Cupīdinum |
dative | Cupīdinī | Cupīdinibus |
accusative | Cupīdinem | Cupīdinēs |
ablative | Cupīdine | Cupīdinibus |
vocative | Cupīdō | Cupīdinēs |
Synonyms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from Latin Cupīdō (“Cupid, the god of love”), from cupere (“to desire, to long for”).
Pronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: Cu‧pi‧do
Proper noun
editCupido m
See also
editSpanish
editPronunciation
editProper noun
editCupido m
- Cupid (god of love, son of Venus)
Proper noun
editCupido f
- Cupid (reindeer)
Swedish
editProper noun
editCupido c (genitive Cupidos)
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