CRYPTA CVPIDINIS -- la grotta di Cupido
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Cŭpīdo, ĭnis, m., the god of love, Cupid, son of Venus, Cic. N. D. 3, 23, 58 sq.; Prop. 2, 14, 5 (3, 18, 21); Ov. M. 1, 453; 5, 366 et saep.; Hor. C. 1, 2, 34; 2, 8, 14 al.; in the form CVPEDO,
Inscr. Orell. 1367.—In plur.:mater saeva Cupidinum,
Hor. C. 1, 19, 1 Orell. ad loc.; 4, 1, 5 al.; cf. of sculptured figures: exstant caelati scyphi ... Myos in eādem aede Silenos et Cupidines,
Plin. 33, 12, 55, § 155; 36, 5, 4, § 41.
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