- cupid
- (L). Desire; eager
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Cupid — plc Тип … Википедия
cupid — CUPÍD, Ă, cupizi, de, adj. (livr.) Apucător, avid de câştig; lacom, hrăpăreţ. – Din fr. cupide, lat. cupidus. Trimis de LauraGellner, 01.08.2004. Sursa: DEX 98 CUPÍD adj. v. aprig, apucător, avid, hrăpăreţ, lacom, neîndestulat, nesătul. Trimis… … Dicționar Român
Cupid — est le premier album de Kat Onoma, sorti en 1988. Sommaire 1 Historique 2 Réception 3 Liste des pistes 4 Références … Wikipédia en Français
Cupid? — Studio album by Stabilo Released May 11, 2004 Recorded unknown … Wikipedia
Cupid — Roman god of passionate love, late 14c., from L. Cupido, personification of cupido desire, love, from cupere to desire (see CUPIDITY (Cf. cupidity)). Identified with Gk. Eros. Cupid s bow as a shape, especially of lips, is from 1858 … Etymology dictionary
Cupid — ► NOUN 1) Roman Mythology the god of love, represented as a naked winged boy with a bow and arrows. 2) (also cupid) a representation of a naked winged child carrying a bow … English terms dictionary
Cupid — [kyo͞o′pid] n. [ME & OFr Cupide < L Cupido < cupido, desire, passion < cupidus, eager, passionate < cupere, to desire < IE base * kup , to boil, smoke, be disturbed > Gr kapnos, smoke] 1. Rom. Myth. the god of love, son of Venus … English World dictionary
Cupid — Cu pid (k? p?d), n. [L.Cupido, fr. cupido desire, desire of love, fr. cupidus. See {Cupidity}.] (Rom. Myth.) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow. [1913 Webster] Pretty dimpled boys, like… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Cupid — This article is about the Roman god and the Greek god. For other uses, see Eros (disambiguation) and Cupid (disambiguation). Classical statue of Cupid with his bow In Roman mythology, Cupid (Latin cupido, meaning desire ) is the god of desire,… … Wikipedia
Cupid — /kyooh pid/, n. 1. Also called Amor. the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows. 2. (l.c.) a similar winged… … Universalium
Cupid — The son of Venus and Mercury, Cupid is the god of love who causes those he pierces with his arrows to fall in love. He appears in Parmigianino s Cupid Carving His Bow (1535; Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum) and in Caravaggio s Amor Vincit… … Dictionary of Renaissance art
