🏹 Roman love god 🏹 Love symbol

Cupid

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The Roman god of love shown as a winged child with a bow and arrows

proper noun
/ˈkjuːpɪd/

Literature

: Cupido

It's the story of Venus wounded by the arrows of Cupid and falling in love with Cupid.
Cupid's arrow
Cupid and Psyche
Sleeping Cupid

I had a life changing transformative, you know, I was Cupid's arrow shot me.

Examples

Every February, many couples celebrate Valentine's Day by exchanging gifts to honor Cupid, the god of love.
As a symbol of love, Cupid is frequently included in artwork and literature to represent romantic affection.
"Venus, the goddess of love, and Cupid," the woman said.

Fiction book (1992)
Soon she sends her son Cupid, disguised as an innocent-looking baby, to play among the nymphs and their guests.

Academic text (2000)
In Virgil and in Alfonso, Aeneas' own brother, Cupid, strikes Dido with the arrow of love.

Academic text (1998)
I was hooked, or more exactly transfixed, shot through with Cupid's arrow, a poor skinny nothing of a mouthy little twelve-year-old.

Fiction book (1993)
In Roman mythology, Cupid is often depicted as a mischievous child who uses his arrows to make people fall in love.

Synonyms

Eros

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Literature

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A Greek god of love shown as a young winged man with a bow and arrows

is the Roman counterpart of that Greek deity with similar role

Amor

vsCupid

Literature

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A Roman god who makes people fall in love

is the identical figure but called by a different traditional name

Surface Forms

Cupid main

Etymology

Cupid comes from the Latin word cupīdō, from cupere, which means 'to desire'. So he is the god who makes people fall in love, which explains the old stories about his arrows.