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turpem

turpem is a Latin form of turpis, meaning “ugly; shameful, disgraceful, base”. It is the accusative singular masculine adjective or accusative singular feminine adjective.

Found 55 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Civili 2.31: … exercitus benevolentiam imperatoribus et res adversae odia colligant! Castrorum autem mutatio quid habet nisi turpem fugam et desperationem omnium et alienationem exercitus? Nam neque pudentes suspicari oportet sibi parum cred …

Phaedrus, Fabulae 5.5.37: Turpemque aperto pignore errorem probans:

All forms of turpis (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.