Cupid is the Roman god of love. He is usually shown as a baby boy with wings and a bow and arrow. If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship. the aristocrat who played Cupid to the Duke and Duchess. Ancient Roman god of love in all its varieties, identified with the Greek Eros. Cupid was the son of Mercury and Venus. He was usually represented as a winged infant who carried a bow and quiver of arrows, which he shot at humans to inflict wounds that inspired love or passion. He was also sometimes depicted as a beautiful youth. Though generally considered beneficent, he could be mischievous in matchmaking, often at his mother's behest