turpilucricupidus
Latin
Etymology
From turpis (“shameful”) + lucrum (“gain”) + cupidus (“eager”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tur.pi.lu.kriˈku.pi.dus/, [t̪ʊr.pɪ.ɫ̪ʊ.krɪˈkʊ.pɪ.d̪ʊs]
Adjective
turpilucricupidus (feminine turpilucricupida, neuter turpilucricupidum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax legomenon) 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 comēdis 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.
- CALLICLES. I'm waiting if you say something. MEGARONIDES. First of all,
- CALLICLĒS. Exspectō sī quid dīcās. MEGARONIDĒS. prīmumdum omnium,
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | turpilucricupidus | turpilucricupida | turpilucricupidum | turpilucricupidī | turpilucricupidae | turpilucricupida | |
| Genitive | turpilucricupidī | turpilucricupidae | turpilucricupidī | turpilucricupidōrum | turpilucricupidārum | turpilucricupidōrum | |
| Dative | turpilucricupidō | turpilucricupidō | turpilucricupidīs | ||||
| Accusative | turpilucricupidum | turpilucricupidam | turpilucricupidum | turpilucricupidōs | turpilucricupidās | turpilucricupida | |
| Ablative | turpilucricupidō | turpilucricupidā | turpilucricupidō | turpilucricupidīs | |||
| Vocative | turpilucricupide | turpilucricupida | turpilucricupidum | turpilucricupidī | turpilucricupidae | turpilucricupida | |
Related terms
- turpis
- avidus
References
- 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