turpis

turpis

turpis, e (zu altindisch trápatē, schämt sich [= wendet sich ab]), häßlich, garstig, ungestaltet, entstellt (Ggstz. pulcher, formosus), I) eig.: a) von Aussehen, adspectus, Cic.: pes, Hor.: femina, Plaut.: vestitus, Ter.: asellus, Ov.: scabies, Verg.: turpia membra fimo, Verg.: turpes morbo viri, Hor., – b) garstig klingend, Cic. or. 158. – II) übtr., im moralischen Sinne, häßlich, garstig, schmählich, unlöblich, schändlich, schimpflich, unsittlich (Ggstz. pulcher, honestus), fuga, Cic.: amor, Hor.: egestas, Verg.: vita, Cic.: verbum, Ter.: quid turpius, Cic.: homo turpissimus, Cic.: m. 2. Supin., dictu turpe, dictu turpia, Cic.: turpe factu (Ggstz. honestum factu), Cic. – subst., turpe, is, n., etwas Schimpfliches, ein Schimpf, habere quaestui rem publicam turpe est, Cic.: turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor, Ov.: hoc videtur esse turpissimum, das Schimpflichste, Cic.: videte ne, ut illis pulcherrimum fuit tantam vobis imperii gloriam tradere, sic vobis turpissimum sit id quod accepistis tueri et conservare non posse, Cic. – Acc. neutr. turpe, poet. = Adv. turpiter, Catull. u.a.


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