cupidity的词源

英文词源

cupidity

cupidity: [15] The Latin verb cupere meant ‘desire’ (related forms such as Sanskrit kup- ‘become agitated’, Church Slavonic kypeti ‘boil’, and Latvian kūpēt ‘boil, steam’ suggest that its underlying notion is ‘agitation’). One of its derivatives was the noun cupīdō ‘desire’, which was used as the name of the Roman god of love – hence English cupid [14]. Another was the adjective cupidus ‘desirous’, which produced the further noun cupiditās, source, perhaps via French, of English cupidity, and also ultimately of English covet. Concupiscence [14] also comes from Latin cupere.
=> concupiscence, covet

cupidity (n.)

mid-15c., from Anglo-French cupidite, Middle French cupidité, from Latin cupiditatem (nominative cupiditas) "passionate desire, lust; ambition," from cupidus "eager, passionate," from cupere "to desire" (perhaps cognate with Sanskrit kupyati "bubbles up, becomes agitated," Old Church Slavonic kypeti "to boil," Lithuanian kupeti "to boil over"). Despite the primarily erotic sense of the Latin word, in English cupidity originally, and still especially, means "desire for wealth."

中文词源

cupidity（贪婪）：罗马神话中的小爱神丘比特

在罗马神话中，小爱神丘比特（Cupid）是爱神维纳斯和战神的私生子。他的形象常常是一个身披双翼，手持弓箭的胖乎乎的小男孩。据说他有两种箭，金箭能让人产生爱情，铅箭能扑灭爱情。阿波罗曾经嘲笑他是个摆弄弓箭的小屁孩，他就用这两支弓箭狠狠地教训了一顿阿波罗。维纳斯嫉妒凡人少女普赛克的美貌，命令丘比特前去惩罚。但是丘比特却爱上了普赛克并娶她为妻。

丘比特的名字Cupid来自拉丁文Cupido，意思是“欲望、爱”，等于英语中的desire、love。英语单词cupidity与它同源，表示“贪婪、贪欲”。

Cupid：['kju:pid] n.丘比特

cupidity：[kjuː'pɪdɪtɪ] n.贪心，贪欲

concupiscence：[kən'kjuːpɪs(ə)ns] n.强烈的邪欲

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cupidity：贪婪

词源同cupidity,hope.