turpis
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *terkʷ- (“to turn”). See torqueō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtur.pis/, [ˈt̪ʊrpɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtur.pis/, [ˈt̪urpis]
Adjective
turpis (neuter turpe, comparative turpior, superlative turpissimus, adverb turpiter); third-declension two-termination adjective
- ugly, unsightly; foul, filthy
- (of sound) cacophonous, disagreeable
- (figuratively) base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgraceful
Declension
Third-declension two-termination adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||
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Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
Nominative | turpis | turpe | turpēs | turpia | |
Genitive | turpis | turpium | |||
Dative | turpī | turpibus | |||
Accusative | turpem | turpe | turpēs turpīs |
turpia | |
Ablative | turpī | turpibus | |||
Vocative | turpis | turpe | turpēs | turpia |
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References
- “turpis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “turpis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- turpis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)
- to follow virtue; to flee from vice: honesta expetere; turpia fugere
- a virtuous (immoral) life: vita honesta (turpis)