turpitudo

Latin

Etymology

From turpis (“ugly; base”) +‎ -tūdō.

Pronunciation

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

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, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to injure a man's character, tarnish his honour: notam turpitudinis alicui or vitae alicuius inurere
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