CUPID

To identify him with his father "the mighty hunter," he was equipped with "bow and arrows;" See: Bulla; Sacred Heart

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Cu″pid (k?″p?d), n . [[L. Cupido, fr. cupido desire, desire of love, fr. cupidus. See Cupidity.]] (Rom. Myth.) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow. Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. Shak.