Cupid
n.
god of love (Roman Mythology)
cupid
n.
artistic representation of the Roman Mythological god of love (especially in the shape of a chubby, naked baby boy holding a bow and arrow)
Cupid
Cupid
Noun
1. (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros
(synonym) Amor
(hypernym) Roman deity
(classification) Roman mythology
Cupid
(n .)
The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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Cupid
[Roman] The Roman god of love and the son of Venus. He is a small, winged boy, blindfolded, carrying bow and arrows. The arrows, once struck the heart, makes the victim fall in love. He is also portrayed as a young man with his beloved Psyche, with Venus or with a small group of winged infants (the Amoretti or Amorini). Some traditions say that he was born from a silver egg. His Greek equivalent is Eros. The name is derived from the Latin cupido, "desire".