turpius

turpius is a Latin form of turpis, meaning “ugly; shameful, disgraceful, base”. It is the comparative adjective or nominative singular neuter comparative adjective or vocative singular neuter comparative adjective or accusative singular neuter comparative adjective.

Found 95 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.2.4: neque eorum moribus turpius quicquam aut inertius habetur quam ephippiis uti.

Martial, Epigrammata 6.45.4: Turpius uxor erit, quam modo moecha fuit.

Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 19.3.1: TURPIUS esse dicebat Favorinus philosophus exigue atque frigide laudari quam insectanter et graviter vituperari:

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.