| Pronunciation: | 'kyoopid | ||
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| Matching Terms: | cupidity, cupid's bow, cupid's dart, cupid's disease, cupid's itch | ||
| Definition: | [n] (Roman mythology) god of love; counterpart of Greek Eros | ||
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| Synonyms: | Amor | ||
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| See Also: | Roman deity | ||
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| Definition: | \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.
Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. --Shak.
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| Definition: | A graphic query language. ["CUPID: A Graphic Oriented Facility for Support of Nonprogrammer Interactions with a Database", N. McDonald, PhD Thesis, CS Dept, UC Berkeley 1975]. | ||
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| Definition: | Seeing cupid in your dream, represents a love relationship in your waking life. Its appearance in your dream may mean that you need to take a risk in love. | ||
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| Related Terms: | Agdistis, Amor, Aphrodite, Apollo, Apollon, Ares, Artemis, Astarte, Ate, Athena, Bacchus, Ceres, Cora, Cronus, Cybele, Demeter, Despoina, Diana, Dionysus, Dis, Eros, Freya, Gaea, Gaia, Ge, Great Mother, Hades, Helios, Hephaestus, Hera, Here, Hermes, Hestia, Hymen, Hyperion, Jove, Juno, Jupiter, Jupiter Fidius, Jupiter Fulgur, Jupiter Optimus Maximus, Jupiter Pluvius, Jupiter Tonans, Kama, Kore, Kronos, Love, Magna Mater, Mars, Mercury, Minerva, Mithras, Momus, Neptune, Nike, Olympians, Olympic gods, Ops, Orcus, Persephassa, Persephone, Phoebus, Phoebus Apollo, Pluto, Poseidon, Proserpina, Proserpine, Rhea, Saturn, Tellus, Venus, Vesta, Vulcan, Zeus | ||
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