turpilucricupidus

Latin

Etymology

From turpis (“shameful”) +‎ lucrum (“gain”) +‎ cupidus (“eager”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tur.pi.lu.kriˈku.pi.dus/, [t̪ʊrpɪɫ̪ʊkrɪˈkʊpɪd̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tur.pi.lu.kriˈku.pi.dus/, [t̪urpilukriˈkuːpid̪us]

Adjective

turpilucricupidus (feminine turpilucricupida, neuter turpilucricupidum); first/second-declension adjective

1. (hapax) greedy for dishonest gain
   • c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 1.2.61–66:

     CALLICLĒS. Exspectō sī quid dīcās. MEGARONIDĒS. prīmumdum omnium,
     male dictitātur tibi volgō in sermōnibus:
     turpilucricupidum tē vocant cīvēs tuī;
     tum autem sunt aliī quī tē volturium vocant:
     hostīsne an cīvīs comedis parvī pendere.
     Haec quom audiō in tē dīcī, discrucior miser.

     CALLICLES. I'm waiting if you say something. MEGARONIDES. First of all,
     it's spoken badly of you by the people in discussions:
     your citizens call you greedy for dishonest gain;
     that whether you devour foes or citizens doesn't matter much.
     When I hear these said of you, I'm tormented, poor me.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	turpilucricupidus	turpilucricupida	turpilucricupidum		turpilucricupidī	turpilucricupidae	turpilucricupida
genitive	turpilucricupidī	turpilucricupidae	turpilucricupidī		turpilucricupidōrum	turpilucricupidārum	turpilucricupidōrum
dative	turpilucricupidō	turpilucricupidae	turpilucricupidō		turpilucricupidīs
accusative	turpilucricupidum	turpilucricupidam	turpilucricupidum		turpilucricupidōs	turpilucricupidās	turpilucricupida
ablative	turpilucricupidō	turpilucricupidā	turpilucricupidō		turpilucricupidīs
vocative	turpilucricupide	turpilucricupida	turpilucricupidum		turpilucricupidī	turpilucricupidae	turpilucricupida

Related terms

• turpis
• avidus

References

• “turpilucricupidus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• turpilucricupidus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.