turpissimum

turpissimum is a Latin form of turpis, meaning “ugly; shameful, disgraceful, base”. It is the genitive plural masculine superlative adjective or genitive plural neuter superlative adjective or accusative singular masculine superlative adjective or nominative singular neuter superlative adjective.

Found 43 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 1.33.2: … um teneri eorumque obsides esse apud Ariovistum ac Sequanos intellegebat; quod in tanto imperio populi Romani turpissimum sibi et rei publicae esse arbitrabatur.

Seneca the Younger, De Beneficiis 4.10.3: " Mallem perdidisse quam illi dedisse " ! Turpissimum genus damni est inconsulta donatio multoque gravius male dedisse beneficium quam non recepisse ; aliena enim culpa est, quod non recipimus ; quod, cui daremus, non elegimus, nostra.

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.