cuppedo

Latin

Etymology

By surface analysis, cuppēs (“having a taste for delicacies”) +‎ -ēdō. But it may be an alternative form of cupīdō (“desire”) which took on a distinct meaning.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /kupˈpeː.doː/, [kʊpˈpeːd̪oː]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kupˈpe.do/, [kupˈpɛːd̪o]

Noun

cuppēdō f (genitive cuppēdinis); third declension

a tidbit, delicacy

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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

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