In Roman Mythology, the god of love, son of Mercury and Venus, identified with the Greek Eros. Also in plural (after Latin Cupīdines, Greek Ἔρωτες)…

In allusive use: (cf. sense 2).

In plural. Representations or personifications of Cupid; mythological gods of love, or attendants of the goddess of love; figures or representations…

a boy with a bow (applied to Cupid).

(a) Mythology a god associated with or ruling over love and sex (cf. sex god n. (a) at sex, n.1 compounds 3); (b) a man likened to a love god, esp…

Esp. in Renaissance and Baroque art: a representation of Cupid; a cupid, a putto. Cf. amoret, n. 5, amoretto, n. 3.

A representation of Cupid; a cupid. Cf. amorino, n., amoretto, n. 3. Now rare.

A brief or minor love affair.

Love, the god of love, or a representation of him: = Cupid, n.

poetic. Applied to Cupid.

A representation of Cupid; a cupid. Cf. amorino, n., amoret, n. 5. Now rare.