/kyooh"pid/ , n.
1. Also called Amor . the ancient Roman god of love and the son of either Mars or Mercury and Venus, identified with Eros and commonly represented as a winged, naked, infant boy with a bow and arrows.
2. ( l.c. ) a similar winged being, or a representation of one, esp. as symbolic of love.
[ Cupido Cupid, the personification of cupido desire, love, equiv. to cup ( ere ) to long for, desire + -ido n. suffix (cf. LIBIDO) ]