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turpi

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

Found 133 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Cicero, In C. Verrem 2.2.36: … istius, quorum iste uxores numquam alienas existimavit, Cleomenes et Aeschrio, qui quantum apud istum et quam turpi de causa potuerint ex reliquis criminibus intellegetis: hi, ut dico, hominem admonent rem esse praeclaram, re …

Sallust, Bellum Iugurthinum 106: … e: virtuti suorum satis credere; etiam si certa pestis adesset, mansurum potius, quam, proditis quos ducebat. Turpi fuga incertae ac forsitan post paulo morbo interiturae vitae parceret. Ceterum ab eodem monitus, uti noctu pr …

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.