Cupido
See also: cupido and cúpido
German
Alternative forms
- Kupido
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Cupīdō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kuˈpiːdo/
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Cupido 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]:
- 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 quote)
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) IPA(key): /kuˈpiː.doː/, [kʊˈpiːd̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.do/, [kuˈpiːd̪o]
audio (classical) (file) audio (ecclesiastical) (file)
Proper noun
Cupīdō m (genitive Cupīdinis); third declension
- Cupid; the god of love
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
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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.do/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kuˈpi.du/ [kuˈpi.ðu]
- Hyphenation: Cu‧pi‧do
Proper noun
Cupido m
- (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
- Cupid (god of love, son of Venus)