turpitudo

Latin

Etymology

From turpis (“ugly; base”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /tur.piˈtuː.doː/, [t̪ʊrpɪˈt̪uːd̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /tur.piˈtu.do/, [t̪urpiˈt̪uːd̪o]

Noun

turpitūdō f (genitive turpitūdinis); third declension

1. ugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity
2. baseness, indecency, shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude

Declension

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

• turpe
• turpiculus
• turpificātus
• turpiloquium
• turpilucrīcupidus
• turpilucrus
• turpis
• turpiter
• turpō

Descendants

• → Catalan: turpitud
• → English: turpitude
• → French: turpitude
• → Italian: turpitudine
• → Romanian: turpitudine
• → Portuguese: turpitude

References

• “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