Latin
Noun
turpitūdō f (genitive turpitūdinis); third declension
- ugliness, unsightliness, foulness, deformity
- baseness, indecency shamefulness, disgrace, dishonor, infamy, turpitude
Inflection
Third declension.
Related terms
Descendants
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, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “turpitudo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to injure a man's character, tarnish his honour: notam turpitudinis alicui or vitae alicuius inurere