cuppedo

Latin

Etymology

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]
  • (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kupˈpe.do/, [kupˈpɛːd̪o]

Noun

cuppēdō f (genitive cuppēdinis); third declension

  1. 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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