cupido
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin cupīdō (“desire; lust”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cupido (first-person possessive cupidoku, second-person possessive cupidomu, third-person possessive cupidonya)
Further reading edit
- “cupido” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
From cupiō (“I desire”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kuˈpiː.doː/, [kʊˈpiːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.do/, [kuˈpiːd̪o]
audio (modern italianate) (file)
Noun edit
cupīdō f (genitive cupīdinis); third declension
- desire, longing, especially amorous desire, eagerness
- Synonyms: studium, dēsīderium, vehementia, appetītiō, amor, libīdō, appetītus, ardor
- lust, passion, greed
Usage notes edit
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 edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cupīdō | cupīdinēs |
Genitive | cupīdinis | cupīdinum |
Dative | cupīdinī | cupīdinibus |
Accusative | cupīdinem | cupīdinēs |
Ablative | cupīdine | cupīdinibus |
Vocative | cupīdō | cupīdinēs |
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈku.pi.doː/, [ˈkʊpɪd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈku.pi.do/, [ˈkuːpid̪o]
Adjective edit
cupidō
Related terms edit
References edit
- “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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
cupido m (plural cupidos)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “cupido”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014