cuppedo

cuppedo

Latin

Etymology

Surface analysis cuppēs (“having a taste for delicacies”) +‎ -ēdō. But it may be an alternative form of cupīdō (“desire”) which took on a distinct meaning.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kupˈpeː.doː/, [kʊpˈpeːd̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kupˈpe.do/, [kupˈpɛːd̪ɔ]

Noun

cuppēdō f (genitive cuppēdinis); third declension

1. a tidbit, delicacy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cuppēdō	cuppēdinēs
Genitive	cuppēdinis	cuppēdinum
Dative	cuppēdinī	cuppēdinibus
Accusative	cuppēdinem	cuppēdinēs
Ablative	cuppēdine	cuppēdinibus
Vocative	cuppēdō	cuppēdinēs

References

• cuppedo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cuppedo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers