turpilucricupidus

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

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

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.

First/second-declension adjective.

• turpis
• avidus

• “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.