turpitudo
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From turpis (“ugly; base”) + -tūdō.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tur.piˈtuː.doː/, [t̪ʊrpɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tur.piˈtu.do/, [t̪urpiˈt̪uːd̪o]
Noun edit
turpitūdō f (genitive turpitūdinis); third declension
- ugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity
- baseness, indecency, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | turpitūdō | turpitūdinēs |
| Genitive | turpitūdinis | turpitūdinum |
| Dative | turpitūdinī | turpitūdinibus |
| Accusative | turpitūdinem | turpitūdinēs |
| Ablative | turpitūdine | turpitūdinibus |
| Vocative | turpitūdō | turpitūdinēs |
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: turpitud
- → English: turpitude
- → French: turpitude
- → Italian: turpitudine
- → Romanian: turpitudine
- → Portuguese: turpitude
References edit
- “turpitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “turpitudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- turpitudo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- turpitudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to injure a man's character, tarnish his honour: notam turpitudinis alicui or vitae alicuius inurere
- to injure a man's character, tarnish his honour: notam turpitudinis alicui or vitae alicuius inurere