πŒ‚πŒ–πŒπŒ‰πŒ

See also: cupio

Faliscan

Etymology

Cognate with Latin Cupīdō.

Proper noun

πŒ‚πŒ–πŒπŒ‰πŒ β€’ (cupio) m

  1. Cupid; the god of sexual desire

Usage notes

  • The inscription on which this term was discovered has alternatively been read as πŒ‚πŒ–πŒπŒ‰πŒƒπŒ (cupido). It may have also acquired a secondary meaning referring to the concept of desire, akin to Latin cupΔ«dō.

References

  • 2009, GabriΓ«l Bakkum, The Latin dialect of the Ager Faliscus: 150 years of scholarshipβ€Ž[1] (in English), Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, β†’ISBN, page 182:
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