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Cupido may refer to:
- 763 Cupido, an asteroid
- Biotodoma cupido, a species of cichlid
- Cupido (butterfly), a gossamer-winged butterfly genus
- Tympanuchus cupido, the North American Greater Prairie Chicken
- Damian Cupido (born 1982), Australian rules footballer
- Cupido, a character in the Battle Arena Toshinden fighting game series
- "Cupido", 1988 song by El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico from the album Romántico y Sabroso
- "Cupido", 2012 song by Ivy Queen from the album Musica
"Cupido" ( English: Cupid) is a song by Puerto Rican reggaetón recording artist Ivy Queen, from her eighth studio album, Musa (2012).
It was composed by Queen and Edwin Perez, along with Pedro Polanco, produced Perez under his stage name "EZP" and released as the second single from the album on September 16, 2013, following " Peligro De Extinción".
Usage examples of "cupido".
Like as Cupido on Idæan hill,When hauing laid his cruell bow away,And mortall arrowes, wherewith he doth fillThe world with murdrous spoiles and bloudie pray,With his faire mother he him dights to play,And with his goodly sisters, Graces three.
Answering the poet's unspoken inquiry whether he is not to die otherwise, or whether Jove will him stellify, the eagle says that he has been sent by Jupiter out of his "great ruth," "For that thou hast so truely So long served ententively* *with attentive zeal His blinde nephew* Cupido, *grandson And faire Venus also, Withoute guuerdon ever yet, And natheless hast set thy wit (Although that in thy head full lite* is) *little To make bookes, songs, and ditties, In rhyme or elles in cadence, As thou best canst, in reverence Of Love, and of his servants eke, That have his service sought, and seek, And pained thee to praise his art, Although thou haddest never part.