cuppedo
Latin
Etymology
By surface analysis, cuppēs (“having a taste for delicacies”) + -ō or -ēdō, but possibly an alternative form of cupīdō (“desire”) which took on a distinct meaning. Compare cuppēdia.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kʊpˈpeː.doː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [kupˈpɛː.do]
Noun
cuppēdō f (genitive cuppēdinis); third declension
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cuppēdō | cuppēdinēs |
| genitive | cuppēdinis | cuppēdinum |
| dative | cuppēdinī | cuppēdinibus |
| accusative | cuppēdinem | cuppēdinēs |
| ablative | cuppēdine | cuppēdinibus |
| vocative | cuppēdō | cuppēdinēs |
References
- “cuppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cuppedo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers