出典:Wiktionary
出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/03/08 13:39 UTC 版)
From cupiō (“to desire”). The gemination may be explained by the littera rule, one would then expect older*cūpēd-, from Proto-Italic *koup-ēd-. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “-ēd-?”)
cuppēs m (genitive cuppēdis); third declension
The masculine nominative singular form cuppēs occurs in Plautus' Trinummus as part of a list of negative nouns and adjectives describing love. Based on related words, the stem is inferred to be cuppēd-. The word could be a third-declension masculine noun or an adjective.
Third-declension noun.