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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>cŭpīdo</b>: (cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plant. Am. 2, 2, 210; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15; 3, 16, 39; 3, 24, 51; id. S. 1, 1, 61; id. Ep. 1, 1, 33; Ov. M. 8, 74; 9, 734; Sil. 4, 99; and personified in all authors;<br /><b>I</b><br /> v. the foll.) [[cupidus]], [[access]]. form of [[cupiditas]], [[desire]], [[wish]], [[longing]], [[eagerness]], in a [[good]] and ([[more]] usu.) in a [[bad]] [[sense]] ([[very]] freq. in the poets and histt., esp. in Sall.; [[twice]] in Quint., [[but]] in Cic. [[only]] as personified).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> In a [[good]] [[sense]]: [[cupido]] cepit miseram [[nunc]] me proloqui, etc. (transl. from Eurip. Med. 57: [[ἵμερος]] μ ὑπῆλθε, etc.), Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 26, 63 (Trag. Rel. v. 291 Vahl.); cf.: Romulum [[cupido]] cepit urbis condendae, Liv. 1, 6, 3: [[cupido]] eum ceperat in verticem montis ascendendi, id. 40, 21, 2; and [[with]] inf.: [[cupido]] incessit Aethiopiam invisere, Curt. 4, 8, 3: aquae, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 50; cf.: laticum frugumque, Lucr. 4, 1093: gloriae, Sall. C. 7, 3: aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae, Suet. Ner. 55: lucis, Quint. 6, prooem. § 13: placendi, id. 10, 7, 17 al.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Trop., of things: res medii cuppedine victae, [[overcome]] by [[their]] [[tendency]] to a [[centre]], Lucr. 1, 1082.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In a [[bad]] [[sense]], [[desire]], [[passion]], [[lust]], [[greed]].<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(a)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With gen.: honorum caeca ([[with]] [[avarities]]), Lucr. 3, 59; cf. honoris, Sall. C. 3, 5: [[mala]] vitaï, Lucr. 3, 1077: [[immitis]] uvae (i. e. virginis immaturae), Hor. C. 2, 5, 9: praedae caeca, Ov. M. 3, 620: intempestiva concubitūs, id. ib. 10, 689; cf. Veneris, id. ib. 14, 634 et saep.: difficilia faciundi, Sall. J. 93, 3: ejus (oppidi) potiundi, id. ib. 89, 6: quarum (rerum) inmodica [[cupido]] [[inter]] mortales est, Liv. 6, 35, 6: populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere, id. 21, 19, 7.—In plur.: malae dominationis cupidinibus [[flagrans]], Tac. A. 13, 2.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Absol.: homines cupidine caeci, Lucr. 4, 1153; so id. 4, 1090: cuppedinis acres curae, id. 5, 45; Hor. C. 2, 16, 15 et saep.: [[femineus]], Ov. M. 9, 734; cf. [[muliebris]], Tac. A. 4, 39.—In plur., Hor. S. 1, 2, 111; 2, 7, 85; Tac. A. 3, 52: eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut non corpora, ne senectam [[quidam]] aut virginitatem inpollutam relinquant, id. ib. 14, 35.—<br /><b>II</b> In partic.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> The [[desire]] [[that]] springs from [[love]], [[desire]], [[love]]: differor Cupidine ejus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29; cf.: visae virginis, Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210; cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68. —In plur.: me, Contactum nullis [[ante]] cupidinibus, Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personified: Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the [[god]] of [[love]], [[Cupid]], [[son]] of [[Venus]], Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.; in the form CVPEDO, Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.: [[mater]] saeva Cupidinum, Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf. of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi ... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines, Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41. —Hence,<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>(b)</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Cŭpīdĭnĕus, a, um, adj., of or belonging to [[Cupid]] ([[poet]].): [[tela]], Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 65: sagittae, id. R. Am. 157.—Transf., [[lovely]], [[charming]] ( = [[formosus]]), Mart. 7, 87, 9.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> In animals, the [[sexual]] [[impulse]]: equina, Col. 6, 27, 3: equi cupidine sollicitati, id. 6, 27, 8.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>C</b> (Cf. [[cupidus]], II. A. 2., and [[cupiditas]], II. B. 1.) Avarice, [[covetousness]]: Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac praedarum, Tac. A. 12, 57; in plur., id. H. 1, 66.—*<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Personified: Cupido [[sordidus]], [[sordid]] Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=(1) <b>cŭpīdō</b>,⁸ ĭnis, f. ([[cupio]]),<br /><b>1</b> [poét.] désir, envie : urbis condendæ Liv. 1, 6, 3, le désir de fonder une ville ; gloriæ Sall. C. 7, 3, désir de la gloire &#124;&#124; [[cupido]] incesserat Æthiopiam invisere Curt. 4, 8, 3, l’envie lui était venue de visiter l’Éthiopie<br /><b>2</b> désir passionné, passion : honorum cæca [[cupido]] Lucr. 3, 59, l’aveugle amour des honneurs &#124;&#124; passion amoureuse : Lucr. 4, 1153, etc. ; Hor. S. 1, 2, 111 ; 2, 7, 85 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 22 ; 14, 35 &#124;&#124; cupidité, convoitise : Tac. Ann. 12, 57 &#124;&#124; ambition démesurée : Sall. J. 64, 5. m., Pl. Amph. 840 ; Hor. S. 1, 1, 61 ; Ep. 1, 1, 33 ; O. 2, 16, 15, etc. &#124;&#124; [[cuppedo]] Lucr. 1, 1082 ; 4, 1090.||[[cupido]] incesserat Æthiopiam invisere Curt. 4, 8, 3, l’envie lui était venue de visiter l’Éthiopie<br /><b>2</b> désir passionné, passion : honorum cæca [[cupido]] Lucr. 3, 59, l’aveugle amour des honneurs||passion amoureuse : Lucr. 4, 1153, etc. ; Hor. S. 1, 2, 111 ; 2, 7, 85 ; Tac. Ann. 3, 22 ; 14, 35||cupidité, convoitise : Tac. Ann. 12, 57||ambition démesurée : Sall. J. 64, 5. m., Pl. Amph. 840 ; Hor. S. 1, 1, 61 ; Ep. 1, 1, 33 ; O. 2, 16, 15, etc.||[[cuppedo]] Lucr. 1, 1082 ; 4, 1090.
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{{Georges
|georg=cupīdo, inis, f., [[selten]] u. [[nur]] [[bei]] Dichtern, zB. Plaut. Amph. 840 u. Hor. ep. 1, 1, 33, m. ([[cupio]]), das Begehren, die Begierde, im üblen Sinne = die [[Sucht]], der [[Hang]], die [[Leidenschaft]], I) im allg.: [[animus]] cupidine [[caecus]], Sall.: c. immodica, Liv.: [[ingens]], Sall.: cupidines pravae, Sall.: accensis egestate longā cupidinibus, Tac. – m. subj. Genet., c. animi, Sall.: c. avaritiae, Aur. Vict.: cunctae malae dominationis cupidines, Tac. – m. obj. Genet., c. auri, Tac.: divitiarum, Iustin.: opum furiosa, Ov.: pecuniae, Sall.: vini, Curt.: voluptatum, Tac.: c. aeternitatis perpetuaeque famae, Suet.: c. gloriae, Sall.: c. gloriae laudisque [[iusto]] [[maior]], Curt.: [[avaritia]] gloriae et [[insatiabilis]] c. famae, Curt.: c. honoris, Sall.: c. lucis, [[Liebe]] zum [[Leben]], [[Lebenslust]], Quint.: c. regni, imperii, Sall. – c. habendi, Plin. ep.: imperitandi, [[Mela]]: nocendi, Val. Max.: placendi, Quint.: proferendi imperii, Tac.: humani ingenii c. difficilia faciundi, Sall. – accendi cupidine auri ad [[bellum]], Tac.: cupidine [[regis]] visendi [[accensus]], Curt. – capit alqm [[cupido]] in his locis [[urbis]] condendae od. [[cupido]] in verticem Haemi [[montis]] ascendendi, Liv.: [[captus]] pravis cupidinibus, Sall.: coërcere [[tam]] profusas cupidines, Tac.: [[igitur]] [[primo]] pecuniae, [[deinde]] imperii [[cupido]] crevit, Sall. – multos [[trans]] Hiberum populos ad cupidinem novae fortunae erigere, Liv.: explere animi cupidinem, Sall. – flagrare cupidine regni, Liv.: flagrare cunctis malae dominationis cupidinibus, Tac. – contrectandae pecuniae cupidine [[incensus]], Suet.: tanta [[cupido]] gloriae incesserat, Sall.: Hannibalem [[ingens]] [[cupido]] incesserat Tarenti potiundi, Liv.: ea invasit homines habendi c., ut etc., Plin. ep. – omnium [[cupido]] languescit, cum [[facilis]] [[occasio]], Plin. ep. – alcis [[cupido]] [[non]] minuitur, Sall.: cupidinem [[sui]] movere, das [[Verlangen]] [[nach]] [[sich]] [[erwecken]] (v. Lebl.), Tac. – [[cupido]] alcis [[rei]] me sollicitat, Plin. ep.: cupidinibus statuat [[natura]] modum quem, Hor.: [[cupido]] [[ingens]] animum stimulabat adeundi Iovem, Curt. – me honoris [[cupido]] vexat, Sall. – [[captus]] cupidine m. folg. Infin., Iustin. 12, 7, 13.<br />'''II)''' insbes.: a) die phys. Begierde, der tierische [[Trieb]], die [[Lust]], m. obj. Genet., c. somni, Sall.: c. coëundi, der Begattungstrieb, Col.: u. so c. [[concubitus]], [[Veneris]], Ov. – absol. = der Begattungstrieb, die [[Brunst]], equina, Col. 6, 27, 3: equi cupidine sollicitati, ibid. § 8. – u. Plur. absol. = die Lüste, eo provectas Romanorum cupidines, ut [[non]] corpora, ne senectam [[quidem]] [[aut]] virginitatem impollutam relinquant, Tac. ann. 14, 35. – b) die [[Leidenschaft]] = das Liebesverlangen, die [[Liebe]], c. visae virginis, Ov.: c. [[femineus]], zu einem Weibe, Ov.: [[ebenso]] [[muliebris]], Tac.: differor cupidine [[eius]], Plaut. – dah. personifiz. Cupīdo, inis, m., der Liebesgott Kupido, [[Sohn]] der [[Venus]], griech. [[Ἔρως]], Plaut. trin. 673; merc. 854. Cic. de nat. deor. 3, 58 sqq. Prop. 2, 18, 21. Hor. carm. 1, 2, 34 u.a. – im Plur. Cupīdinēs, Liebesgötter, Amoretten, Prop. 1, 1, 2. Hor. carm. 1, 19, 1. – c) die Begehrlichkeit, der [[Eigennutz]] (das [[Interesse]]), der allg. Ausdr. [[für]] das spez. [[Habsucht]], Geldgier, c. [[sordidus]], Hor.: Narcissum incusat cupidinis ac rapinarum, Tac. – d) das ehrsüchtige [[Streben]], die Ehrsucht, [[ita]] cupidine [[atque]] irā, pessumis consultoribus, grassari, Sall. Iug. 64, 5.
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|lnetxt=cupido cupidinis N C :: desire/love/wish/longing (passionate); lust; greed, appetite; desire for gain
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