Cupido

See also: cupido and cúpido

German

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]‎^[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

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 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)

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

• Erōs

Related terms

• cupidē
• Cupīdineus
• cupiditās
• cupīdō
• cupidus

Descendants

• English: Cupid
• French: Cupidon
• Portuguese: Cupido
• → Italian: Cupido
• → Russian: Купидо́н (Kupidón)

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/

• (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

• Eros

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)

Swedish

Proper noun

Cupido c (genitive Cupidos)

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

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

See also

• kärleksgud