cupido

auri cupidine captus est
he was overcome by his desire for gold

cupīdō, inis, f.: ardent longing, desire; love, 7.189; ardor, thirst, 9.354; resolve, 2.349; personified, Cupīdō, inis, m., Cupid the son of Venus, and god of love, 1.658. (cupiō)

cŭpīdo (cūpēdo or cuppēdo, Lucr. 1, 1082; 4, 1090; 5, 45), ĭnis, f. (m., Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210 (842); 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; 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).

• I In gen.
• • A 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 (676); 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.—
  • • 2 Trop., of things: res medii cuppedine victae, overcome by their tendency to a centre, Lucr. 1, 1082.—
  • B In a bad sense, desire, passion, lust, greed.
  • • • • α 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.—
        • β 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.—
• II In partic.
• • A The desire that springs from love, desire, love: differor Cupidine ejus, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 29 (157); cf.: visae virginis, Ov. M. 13, 906; Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 210 (842); cf. id. Poen. 1, 1, 68 (196). —In plur.: me, Contactum nullis ante cupidinibus, Prop. 1, 1, 2.—Hence,
  • • 2 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,
    • • • β 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.—
  • B In animals, the sexual impulse: equina, Col. 6, 27, 3: equi cupidine sollicitati, id. 6, 27, 8.—
  • C (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.—*
  • • 2 Personified: Cupido sordidus, sordid Avarice, Hor. C. 2, 16, 15.

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.

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.

cupido 1 greed, desire; b (w. obj. gen.). post Philargiria producit tertia bellum, / interpretatur vitium quod forte cupido Aldh. VirgV 2572; c956 (12c) cur anhelando nititur ~o humani moliminis possidere ea quae ‥ transeunt? CS 936; 9‥ ~inis, lustbærnnesse WW.  b haud moderari / se vel equum liquido chlamydis sinit egra cupido R. Cant. Malch. II 121; pro spe et ~ine munerum Ord. Vit. VIII 1 p. 267; amicitia mundialis, que rerum vel bonorum temporalium ~ine partitur Ailr. Spir. Amicit. I 42; auri ~ine ductus Gir. IK I 2 p. 26. 2 sexual desire, lust; b (personified as Cupid). cum ~ine superante depuduisset eam castimonie W. Malm. Wulfst. 12.  b non arcu cupĭdo ferus urit corda Cupīdo R. Cant. Malch. III 494; ocio ‥ sublato, periere ~inis arcus omnes R. Bury Phil. 15. 192.

1 cŭpīdō, (8) ĭnis, f. (cupio), ¶ 1 [poét.] désir, envie : urbis condendæ Liv. 1, 6, 3, le désir de fonder une ville ; gloriæ Sall. C. 7, 3, désir de la gloire || cupido incesserat Æthiopiam invisere Curt. 4, 8, 3, lʼenvie lui était venue de visiter lʼÉthiopie ¶ 2 désir passionné, passion : honorum cæca cupido Lucr. 3, 59, lʼaveugle 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.

cupido , inis. f.
貪心。慾。

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cupido , inis. m.
淫神。

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cupīdō (1) inis, f (poet. also m )

• CVP-, a desire, wish, longing, eagerness, passion: cepit me proloqui: urbis condendae, L.: somni, S.: gloriae, S.: cupidinibus statuere modum, H.: si vobis cupido Certa sequi, resolve, V.—Excessive desire, passion, greed: sordidus, H.: Responsare cupidinibus Fortis, H.: honoris, S.: praedae caeca, O.: (oppidi) potiundi, S.: (rerum) inmodica, L.: ferri, passion for bloodshed, V.: an sua cuique deus fit dira cupido, his inspiration, V.—Love, desire, lust: turpis, V.: visae virginis, O.: femineus, for a woman, O.: muliebris, Ta.