All 4 Uses
Cupid
in
Romeo and Juliet — adapted by Gorman
(Edited)
- MERCUTIO: You are a lover—Borrow Cupid's wings and fly!
p. 18.3Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love
- ROMEO: I am too sore from Cupid's arrows To fly with his light feathers.
p. 18.4
- Say a few words for her son Cupid.
p. 26.8
- Stabbed in the eye with Rosaline's looks, Shot through the ear with a love song, Pierced in the heart with Cupid's arrow.
p. 39.3 *Cupid = Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
Definitions:
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(1)
(Cupid) Roman mythology: god of love; a small, winged boy whose arrows make those struck fall in love
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In earlier Greek mythology, Cupid was strikingly handsome.