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  • 1 impūrē

        impūrē adv. with sup.    [impurus], basely, shamefully, vilely, infamously: impure atque flagitiose vivere: a quo impurissime haec nostra fortuna despecta est.
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    impurius, impurissime ADV
    basely, shamefully, vilely, infamously; impurely

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  • 2 sordidē

        sordidē adv. with comp.    [sordidus], meanly, basely: sordidius et abiectius nati, Ta.—Fig., vulgarly, unbecomingly, poorly: dicere: contionari. — Meanly, stingily, penuriously, sordidly: nimis sordide dixisse.
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    sordidius, sordidissime ADV
    meanly, basely; vulgarly, unbecomingly, poorly; stingily; sordidly, squalidly

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  • 3 flāgitiōsē

        flāgitiōsē adv. with sup.    [flagitiosus], shamefully, basely, infamously, flagitiously: vivere: imparati: desciscere ab aliquo: aliorum amori flagitiosissime serviebat.

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  • 4 foedē

        foedē adv. with comp. and sup.    [foedus], foully, cruelly, basely, horribly: foedissime stipatus armatis: Caesa manus iuvenum, V.: perire, S.: exercere victoriam, L.: foedius inde pulsus, L.

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  • 5 humiliter

        humiliter adv.    [humilis], basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly: sentire: servire, L.
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    humilius, humilime ADV
    abjectly, in a submissive manner; low, at low elevation; humbly, meanly (Cas)

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  • 6 per

        per praep. with acc.    [1 PAR-].    I. In space, through, across, through the midst of, from side to side of, traversing: itinera duo, unum per Sequanos... alterum per provinciam, Cs.: qui per agros fluit: it hasta per tempus utrumque, V.: per medios hostīs evasit, L.— Through, over, throughout, all over, along, among: per totam Italiam, S.: per omnīs partīs provinciae: per viam, along, L.: aegro per manūs tractus servatur, from hand to hand, Cs.: invitati hospita<*>iter per domos, from house to house, L.: passim per herbam Corpora fusa, V.: imperium per omnīs in orbem ibat, went around, L.: per alia atque alia pavida consilia trepidans, from one place to another, L.: Transtra per et remos, V.—With ora, oculos or aurīs, before, to: incedunt per ora vestrum, S.: traducti per hostium oculos, L.: vestras per aurīs ire, V.—    II. In time, through, during, for, throughout, in the course of: per hosce annos: per triennium: per eos forte dies, L.— At, at the time of, during: per idem tempus: per meridiem, at noon, L.: per ludos, L.: per lunam, V.: per infrequentiam comitia perficiunt, L.: per tempus, at the right time, T.—    III. Of agency, through, by, by the hands of, by the agency of: quae comperta sunt per me: per homines explorare, S.: per procuratores agere: quo minus cum eis amicitia esset, per populum R. stetisse, L.: occidebantur? per quos? et a quibus? by whose hands, and at whose instance? —With pronn. reflex., in person, alone, of oneself: milites qui per se de conciliandā pace egerint, Cs.: homo per se cognitus, by his own merit: per me tibi obstiti, single-handed: per se solus, L.—Restrictive, by, for, as far as regards: per me vel stertas licet, I don't care if: per me isti pedibus trahantur: si per suos esset licitum, N.—    IV. Of means or manner, through, by, by means of: id a te per litteras petere: vates per avīs consulti, L.: per litteras certior fit, S.— Through, by, under pretence of, by the pretext of: nos per fidem fallere: per causam exercendorum remigum prodire, Cs.: per Caecilium Sulla accusatur, in the name of: per speciem alienae fungendae vicis suas opes firmavit, L.— Through, by, for the sake of, on account of, with a view to: cum per aetatem nondum auderem, etc. —Esp., in oaths and adjurations: si per plurīs deos iuret, by: per tuam fidem Te obtestor, T.: per ego te deos oro, T.—Poet. in ellipsis: per, si qua est... Intemerata fides, oro, V.—Of manner, in adverb. phrases, by, through, with, at, in: per vim, violently, T.: per ludum et iocum, in sport: per summum dedecus, most infamously: per iram, angrily: per commodum rei p., without injury, L.: per otium, at leisure, L.: per commodum, leisurely, L.: per ignaviam et superbiam aetatem agere, in inglorious pride, S.: per turpitudinem, basely, S.: per virtutem emori, bravely, S.: Per facinus, wickedly, O.: haud per ambages portendere, not obscurely, L.: per tumultum, in disorder, L.
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    through (space); during (time); by, by means of

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  • 7 turpiter

        turpiter adv. with comp. and sup.    [turpis], in an unsightly manner, repulsively: ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier, H.: claudicare, O.—Fig., in an unseemly manner, basely, shamefully, disgracefully, dishonorably: facere nihil: se in castra recipere, Cs.: an turpius meretrici dedit? an inprobius, etc.?: turpissime es perbacchatus.
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    repulsively, disgracefully, shamelessly

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  • 8 turpilucricupidus

    turpilucricupida, turpilucricupidum ADJ
    basely greedy/covetous of dishonest gain

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  • 9 turpilucris

    turpilucris, turpilucre ADJ
    making dishonest gain/profit; basely greedy/covetous of gain (Souter)

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  • 10 turpilucrus

    turpilucra, turpilucrum ADJ
    making dishonest gain/profit; basely covetous of gain (Souter)

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  • 11 turpissime

    basely; shamefully; uglily; (found in Patrologiae Graecae, 19th Cent)

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  • 12 flagitiosus

    flāgĭtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [flagitium], shameful, disgraceful, infamous, flagitious, profligate, dissolute (both of persons and things):

    flagitiosi sunt, qui venereas voluptates inflammato animo concupiscunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 32, 68:

    homo flagitiosissimus, libidinosissimus nequissimusque,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 78, § 192:

    civitas pessima ac flagitiosissima facta est,

    Sall. C. 5, 9:

    vitiosa et flagitiosa vita,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 29, 94:

    itaque videas rebus injustis justos maxime dolere, imbellibus fortes, flagitiosis modestos,

    id. Lacl. 13, 47:

    libidines,

    id. Verr. 2, 2, 54, § 134: cf.:

    animus omni genere voluptatum,

    Quint. 12, 11, 18:

    emptio, possessio bonorum,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24:

    flagitiosissima facinora facere,

    Sall. J. 32, 2:

    socordia flagitiosior,

    id. ib. 85, 22:

    fama flagitiosissima,

    Tac. H. 2, 31:

    quod ea, quae re turpia non sunt, verbis flagitiosa ducamus,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128:

    regem armis quam munificentia vinci, minus flagitiosum,

    Sall. J. 110, 5; cf.:

    flagitiosissimum existimo impune injuriam accepisse,

    id. ib. 31, 21:

    quod flagitiosius est,

    Tac. A. 3, 54.—Hence, adv.: flāgĭtĭōse, shamefully, basely, infamously, flagitiously (freq. in Cic.;

    elsewh. rare): impure et flagitiose vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    turpiter et flagitiose dicta,

    id. de Or. 1, 53, 227; cf. Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

    facere,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 24, § 63:

    judicia male et flagitiose tueri,

    id. ib. 1, 15, 44:

    sumus flagitiose imparati,

    id. Att. 7, 15, 3:

    desciscere ab aliquo,

    id. Fin. 5, 31, 94:

    obitae legationes,

    id. Font. 11, 24.— Comp., Arn. 4, 141.— Sup.:

    ut turpissime flagitiosissimeque discedat,

    Cic. Div. in Caecil. 22, 71:

    servire aliorum amori,

    id. Cat. 2, 4, 8.

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  • 13 foedus

    1.
    foedus, a, um, adj. [Sanscr. dhūmas, smoke; cf.: fumus, fīmus, feteo], foul, filthy, loathsome, ugly, unseemly, detestable, abominable, horrible (class.; cf.: deformis, turpis).
    I.
    Physically:

    cimices foedissimum animal,

    Plin. 29, 4, 17, § 61:

    herba odoris foedi,

    id. 20, 16, 63, § 171:

    odor,

    Cels. 2, 8; 5, 28, 3:

    facies,

    id. 6, 6, 9:

    sapor,

    Lucr. 2, 401:

    species,

    id. 2, 421:

    nunc eo tibi videtur foedus, quia illam (vestem) non habet,

    Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 17; cf. Quint. 6, 3, 32:

    immanissimum et foedissimum monstrum,

    Cic. Pis. 14, 31:

    foeda fit volucris (sc. bubo),

    Ov. M. 5, 549:

    caput impexa foedum porrigine,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 126:

    foeda nigro simulacra fumo,

    id. C. 3, 6, 4:

    foeda cicatrix,

    id. S. 1, 5, 60:

    vulnus,

    Ov. M. 12, 366:

    tergum recentibus vestigiis vulnerum,

    Liv. 2, 23, 7; cf. id. 9, 31, 2:

    victus,

    Hor. A. P. 392:

    loca tetra, inculta, foeda, formidolosa,

    Sall. C. 52, 13:

    tempestates,

    Liv. 25, 7, 7; Verg. G. 1, 323:

    foedissima tempestas,

    Liv. 29, 18, 5:

    incendium,

    id. 24, 47, 15.—With dat.:

    pestilentia foeda homini, foeda pecori,

    destructive, Liv. 3, 32, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:

    foedum relatu,

    Ov. M. 9, 167; cf.

    foediora,

    Liv. 3, 69, 2.—
    II.
    Mentally, disgraceful, base, dishonorable, vile, shameful, infamous, foul, etc.:

    quo (tyranno) neque tetrius, neque foedius, nec diis hominibusque invisius animal ullum cogitari potest,

    Cic. Rep. 2, 26:

    nihil fieri potest miserius, nihil perditius, nihil foedius,

    id. Att. 8, 11, 4:

    luxuria senectuti foedissima,

    id. Off. 1, 34, 123:

    homo,

    Sall. C. 19, 2:

    scriptores carmine foedo Splendida facta linunt,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 236; cf.:

    foedissima ludibria,

    Quint. 1, 6, 32:

    bellum foedissimum,

    Cic. Att. 7, 26, 3:

    genus interitus,

    id. ib. 15, 20, 2:

    foedus et perniciosus exitus judicii,

    id. Q. Fr. 3, 9, 1:

    consilium,

    Liv. 26, 38, 4:

    facinus,

    Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 1:

    amor,

    Lucr. 4, 1158:

    ministeria,

    Verg. A. 7, 619:

    condiciones,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 15:

    fuga ducum,

    Val. Fl. 6, 723:

    exprobratio,

    Plin. 18, 26, 66, § 249:

    inconsequentia rerum foedissima,

    Quint. 8, 6, 50.—In the neutr. with a subject-clause: ludos vero non facere, quid foedius? (shortly before: quid turpius?) Cic. Att. 15, 10:

    versum in oratione fieri multo foedissimum est,

    Quint. 9, 4, 72.— Hence, adv.: foede, foully, cruelly, basely, horribly: foede divexarier, Pac. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106 (Trag. Rel. p. 84 Rib.):

    aram turparunt sanguine foede,

    Lucr. 1, 85:

    foede aliquem distrahere,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 1, 14:

    laniare crura brachiaque,

    Tac. H. 1, 41:

    caesa manus juvenum,

    Verg. A. 10, 498:

    ob admissum foede dictumve superbe,

    Lucr. 5, 1224:

    servire,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 2, 48: perire Sall. J. 31, 2:

    pugnatum est,

    Liv. 6, 1, 11:

    foedius inde pulsus quam, etc.,

    id. 2, 51, 8:

    causa agetur foedissime,

    Cic. Att. 9, 7, 4.
    2.
    foedus, ĕris (for foedus, Ennius wrote fidus, acc. to Varr. L. L. 5, § 86 Müll. Archaic form of the gen. plur. foedesum, acc. to Varr. L. L. 7, § 27; v. the letter R), n. [from the root FID; Sanscr. bandh, ligare; v. fido], a league, treaty, compact (cf.: sponsio, pactio).
    I.
    Polit.:

    FOEDERVM, PACIS, BELLI, INDVCIARVM ORATORES FETIALES IVDICESVE SVNTO,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 9, 21; cf. id. Rep. 1, 32:

    esse autem tria genera foederum, quibus inter se paciscerentur amicitias civitates regesque,

    Liv. 34, 57, 7:

    pacem foedusque facere,

    Cic. de Sen. 6, 16; cf.:

    oratrices pacis et foederis,

    id. Rep. 2, 8:

    Ambiorigem sibi societate et foedere adjungunt,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 2, 2:

    ne societates, ne foedera nova acciperemus,

    Sall. J. 14, 18:

    societatem foedere confirmare,

    Cic. Phil. 2, 35, 89:

    quibus (foederibus) etiam cum hoste devincitur fides,

    id. Off. 3, 31, 111:

    amicitiam et foedus petere, Sall J. 104, 4: foedus facere cum aliquibus,

    Cic. Inv. 2, 30, 91; so,

    foedus facere,

    id. Rep. 3, 18; Caes. B. C. 3, 108, 3; Sall. J. 38, 9 al.: ferire, icere, pangere, percutere, v. h. vv.: de foedere decedere, Cato ap. Gell. 10, 1, 10:

    foedera negligere, violare, rumpere,

    Cic. Balb. 5, 13; cf.:

    sociorum nominisque Latini jura negligere ac foedera,

    id. Rep. 3, 29:

    rumpere,

    Auct. Her. 4, 14, 20; Liv. 9, 1; 21, 10:

    violare,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 19; Liv. 28, 44, 7:

    rescindere,

    Vell. 2, 90, 3:

    solvere,

    Verg. A. 10, 91:

    turbare,

    id. ib. 12, 633:

    contra foedus facere,

    Cic. Balb. 4, 10; Gell. 10, 1, 10:

    foedus aequum dare,

    Liv. 23, 5, 9 (for which:

    ex aequo venire in amicitiam,

    id. 7, 30, 2); cf.:

    foedere iniquo alligari,

    id. 35, 46, 10:

    ex foedere,

    according to agreement, id. 1, 23, 7; 8, 39, 13. —
    II.
    Transf., beyond the polit. sphere, in gen., a compact, covenant, agreement, stipulation, bargain:

    foedus fecerunt cum tribuno plebis palam, ut ab eo provincias acciperent, quas ipsi vellent, etc.,

    Cic. Sest. 10, 24; cf.:

    foedus frangere,

    id. Pis. 12, 28:

    inter se facere,

    id. Fin. 2, 26, 83:

    amorum turpissimorum foedera ferire,

    id. Cael. 14, 34:

    amicitiae,

    Ov. Tr. 3, 6, 1:

    hospitii,

    Just. 7, 3:

    thalami,

    i. e. marriage contract, marriage, Ov. M. 7, 403; so,

    vitae,

    Stat. Th. 2, 112:

    communia studii,

    Ov. P. 4, 13, 43.—
    B.
    Poet., of inanim. and abstr. things, a law:

    continuo has leges aeternaque foedera certis Inposuit natura locis,

    Verg. G. 1, 60:

    omnes Foedere naturae certo discrimina servant,

    Lucr. 5, 924; 5, 57; 6, 906:

    foedere certo et premere et laxas dare habenas,

    Verg. A. 1, 62:

    neve potentis naturae pollue foedus,

    Ov. M. 10, 353: caeli foedera, Col. Poët. 10, 219.

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  • 14 humile

    hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

    turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

    humilior munitio,

    id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

    (naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

    id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

    humiles habitare casas,

    Verg. E. 2, 29:

    domus,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

    postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 639:

    arcus,

    id. ib. 3, 30:

    arae,

    Val. Fl. 3, 426:

    virgas humilis mordere salicti,

    Juv. 11, 67:

    Forentum,

    low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

    Myconos,

    Ov. M. 7, 463:

    Italia,

    Verg. A. 3, 522:

    humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

    Just. 2, 1 med.:

    avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

    flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

    decisis humilis pennis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

    potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

    small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

    brevi atque humili corpore homines,

    Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

    humiles Cleonae,

    little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

    Troja,

    id. ib. 15, 424:

    ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

    i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

    fossa,

    Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

    radix,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

    supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

    humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

    Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

    humillimus homo de plebe,

    Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

    humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

    Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

    ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

    humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

    hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

    satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 53, 9:

    junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

    of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

    civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

    humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

    Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

    qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

    nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

    aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

    id. Arch. 5, 10:

    humiles et sordidae curae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    rei pictor,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

    Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

    Nep. Ages. 8:

    agna,

    poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    fortuna,

    Juv. 6, 287:

    domus,

    id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

    ex humili potens,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

    quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

    Juv. 3, 39.—

    Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

    Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—
    2.
    Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

    sermo,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

    neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

    Cic. Or. 57, 192:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    humilia et vulgaria verba,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9:

    translatio,

    id. 8, 6, 5:

    si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

    id. 8, 3, 60:

    quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

    id. 8, 3, 18:

    humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

    id. 11, 1, 6:

    of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

    i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

    nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—
    B.
    Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

    qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

    ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

    id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

    humillimus assentator,

    Vell. 2, 83, 1:

    neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13:

    privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

    succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    animi,

    Lucr. 6, 52:

    si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

    fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

    Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

    metus,

    Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
    1.
    Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

    in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

    Pall. 3, 13, 3:

    eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

    very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —
    2.
    Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

    Liv. 24, 25, 8:

    servire alicui,

    id. 45, 32, 5:

    audacter territas, humiliter placas,

    Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

    animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

    Sen. Ep. 120 med.

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  • 15 humilis

    hŭmĭlis, e, adj. [humus; like chamalos from chamai, on the ground, i. e.], low, lowly, small, slight (class.; esp. freq. in the trop. signif.).
    I.
    Lit.:

    arbores et vites et ea quae sunt humiliora neque se tollere a terra altius possunt,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 13, 37; cf.:

    turrim humilem parvamque fecerant,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 8, 1 sq.:

    humilior munitio,

    id. ib. 3, 63, 2:

    (naves) humiliores quam quibus in nostro mari uti consuevimus,

    id. B. G. 5, 1, 2:

    humiles habitare casas,

    Verg. E. 2, 29:

    domus,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 22:

    postes,

    Ov. M. 8, 639:

    arcus,

    id. ib. 3, 30:

    arae,

    Val. Fl. 3, 426:

    virgas humilis mordere salicti,

    Juv. 11, 67:

    Forentum,

    low, situated in the plain, Hor. C. 3, 4, 16; so,

    Myconos,

    Ov. M. 7, 463:

    Italia,

    Verg. A. 3, 522:

    humillimo solo aqua diutissime immorata,

    Just. 2, 1 med.:

    avi similis, quae circum litora, circum Piscosos scopulos humilis volat aequora juxta,

    flies low, Verg. A. 4, 255; cf.:

    decisis humilis pennis,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 50:

    potest ex deformi humilique corpusculo exire formosus animus ac magnus,

    small, diminutive, Sen. Ep. 66:

    brevi atque humili corpore homines,

    Gell. 19, 13, 3; Curt. 7, 4:

    humiles Cleonae,

    little, petty, Ov. M. 6, 417 (in Ptolem. polis ou megalê):

    Troja,

    id. ib. 15, 424:

    ipse humili designat moenia fossa,

    i. e. slight, shallow, Verg. A. 7, 157; so,

    fossa,

    Tac. A. 1, 61; cf.

    radix,

    Plin. Ep. 8, 20, 5.
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    As respects rank, birth, fortune, worth, consideration, etc., low, base, mean, humble, obscure, poor, needy, insignificant (cf.:

    supplex, summissus, demissus, abjectus): ut si parentibus nati sint humilibus,

    Cic. Lael. 17, 90:

    humiles nati (shortly after: trivio conceptus et educatus stercore),

    Phaedr. 1, 27, 2: humiles et obscuri homines, Cic. Div. 1, 40, 88; id. Quint. 31, 95:

    humillimus homo de plebe,

    Liv. 3, 19, 9; cf.:

    humilis in plebe et ideo ignobilis puerpera,

    Plin. 7, 36, 36, § 121:

    ne latos fines parare studeant potentioresque humiliores possessionibus expellant,

    Caes. B. G. 6, 22, 3:

    humiliores, opp. opulentiores,

    Hirt. B. G. 8, 51 fin.:

    hos Suevi vectigales sibi fecerunt ac multo humiliores infirmioresque redegerunt,

    Caes. B. G. 4, 3 fin.: homines humiles, opp. amplissimi viri, Balb. et Opp. ap. Cic. Att. 9, 8, A, 1:

    satis superque humilis est, qui, etc.,

    Liv. 3, 53, 9:

    junge tuis humiles, ambitiose, manus,

    of the servants, Ov. A. A. 2, 254:

    civitas ignobilis atque humilis,

    Caes. B. G. 5, 28, 1:

    humilem sane relinquunt et minime generosum, ut ita dicam, ortum amicitiae,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 29:

    Viridomarus, quem Caesar ex humili loco ad summam dignitatem perduxerat,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 39, 1:

    qui cogitationes suas abjecerunt in rem tam humilem atque contemptam,

    Cic. Lael. 9, 32; cf.:

    nihil abjectum, nihil humile cogitant,

    id. Fin. 5, 20, 57:

    aut nulla aut humili aliqua arte praediti,

    id. Arch. 5, 10:

    humiles et sordidae curae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 3, 3:

    rei pictor,

    Plin. 35, 10, 37, § 120 (dub.;

    Jan. floridissimus): humilis atque obsoletus vestitus,

    Nep. Ages. 8:

    agna,

    poor, humble, Hor. C. 2, 17, 32:

    fortuna,

    Juv. 6, 287:

    domus,

    id. 11, 171.—Hence, subst.: hŭmĭle, is, n., that which is humble or base, a low station:

    ex humili potens,

    Hor. C. 3, 30, 12:

    quales ex humili magna ad vestigia rerum extollit Fortuna,

    Juv. 3, 39.—

    Prov.: Humiles laborant ubi potentes dissident,

    Phaedr. 1, 30, 1.—
    2.
    Of low, mean language: iambus frequentissimus est in iis, quae demisso atque humili sermone dicuntur. Cic. Or. 58, 196:

    sermo,

    Hor. A. P. 229; cf.:

    neque humilem et abjectam orationem nec nimis altam et exaggeratam probat,

    Cic. Or. 57, 192:

    verbum,

    id. Brut. 79, 274:

    humilia et vulgaria verba,

    Quint. 10, 1, 9:

    translatio,

    id. 8, 6, 5:

    si quis sublimia humilibus misceat,

    id. 8, 3, 60:

    quae humilia circa res magnas, apta circa minores videntur,

    id. 8, 3, 18:

    humile et quotidianum sermonis genus,

    id. 11, 1, 6:

    of the author himself: Macer... humilis,

    i. e. commonplace, id. 10, 1, 87:

    nil parvum aut humili modo, Nil mortale loquar,

    Hor. C. 3, 25, 17.—
    B.
    Of mind or character, low, mean, base, abject:

    qui umquam apparitor tam humilis? tam abjectus?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 32, 82:

    ut ille tum humilis, ut demissus erat!

    id. Att. 2, 21, 3:

    humillimus assentator,

    Vell. 2, 83, 1:

    neque nos simus tam humiles, ut quae laudamus inutilia credamus,

    Quint. 11, 1, 13:

    privata deduci superbo Non humilis mulier triumpho,

    Hor. C. 1, 37, 32:

    succumbere doloribus eosque humili animo imbecilloque ferre miserum est,

    Cic. Fin. 1, 15, 49:

    animi,

    Lucr. 6, 52:

    si prece et obsecratione humili ac supplici utemur,

    Cic. Inv. 1, 16, 22; 1, 56 init.; cf.:

    fracto animo, atque humili aliquem supplicare,

    id. Planc. 20, 50:

    humillimae preces, Suet. Vit. Luc.: pavor,

    Verg. G. 1, 331; cf.

    metus,

    Val. Fl. 3, 394.—Hence, adv.: hŭmĭlĭter, low, deeply.
    1.
    Lit. (so post-Aug. and very rare):

    in loco clivoso humilius rami arborum servandisunt, in plano altius,

    Pall. 3, 13, 3:

    eadem facta claritate vel obscuritate facientium vel tolluntur altissime vel humillime deprimuntur,

    very deeply, Plin. Ep. 6, 24, 1. —
    2.
    Trop. (acc. to II. B.), basely, meanly, abjectly, humbly (class.):

    non est ausus elate et ample loqui, cum humiliter demisseque sentiret,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 9, 24:

    aut servit humiliter, aut superbe dominatur,

    Liv. 24, 25, 8:

    servire alicui,

    id. 45, 32, 5:

    audacter territas, humiliter placas,

    Auct. Her. 4, 20, 28:

    animose paupertatem ferre, humiliter infamiam,

    Sen. Ep. 120 med.

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  • 16 impurus

    impūrus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inpurus], unclean, filthy, foul (cf.: obscenus, spurcus, immundus).
    I.
    Lit. (very rare):

    impurae matris prolapsus ab alvo,

    Ov. Ib. 223.—
    II.
    Trop., unclean (in a moral sense), impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, abandoned, vile.
    A.
    Of living beings:

    impudens, impurus, inverecundissimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 38:

    in his gregibus omnes aleatores, omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique versantur,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

    persona illa lutulenta, impura, invisa,

    id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    o hominem impurum!

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 29: impuri cujusdam et ambitiosi sententia, Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

    cum impuris atque immanibus adversariis decertare,

    id. Rep. 1, 5:

    (dux) audax, impurus,

    id. ib. 1, 44:

    impurus et sceleratus,

    id. Att. 9, 15 fin.:

    erat hic Corinthia anus haud impura,

    tolerably decent, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 16:

    homo haud impurus,

    id. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

    libidine omni,

    Petr. 81.— Comp.:

    quis illo qui maledicit impurior?

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15.— Sup.: omnium non bipedum solum, sed etiam quadrupedum impurissimus, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 18, 48.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    lingua,

    Sen. Ep. 87 med.:

    animus,

    Sall. C. 15, 4:

    mores,

    Cat. 108, 2:

    adulterium,

    id. 66, 84:

    historia,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 416:

    medicamina, i. e. venena,

    Flor. 2, 20:

    quid impurius, quam retinuisse talem (adulteram),

    Quint. 9, 2, 80. —Hence, adv.: impūrē (acc. to II.), impurely, basely, shamefully, vilely:

    impure atque flagitiose vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    multa facere impure atque taetre,

    id. Div. 1, 29, 6:

    atque intemperanter facere,

    id. Phil. 2, 21, 50:

    a quo impurissime haec nostra fortuna despecta est,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 2.

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  • 17 inpurus

    impūrus ( inp-), a, um, adj. [2. inpurus], unclean, filthy, foul (cf.: obscenus, spurcus, immundus).
    I.
    Lit. (very rare):

    impurae matris prolapsus ab alvo,

    Ov. Ib. 223.—
    II.
    Trop., unclean (in a moral sense), impure, defiled, filthy, infamous, abandoned, vile.
    A.
    Of living beings:

    impudens, impurus, inverecundissimus,

    Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 38:

    in his gregibus omnes aleatores, omnes adulteri, omnes impuri impudicique versantur,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

    persona illa lutulenta, impura, invisa,

    id. Rosc. Com. 7, 20:

    o hominem impurum!

    Ter. Ad. 2, 1, 29: impuri cujusdam et ambitiosi sententia, Cic. Lael. 16, 59:

    cum impuris atque immanibus adversariis decertare,

    id. Rep. 1, 5:

    (dux) audax, impurus,

    id. ib. 1, 44:

    impurus et sceleratus,

    id. Att. 9, 15 fin.:

    erat hic Corinthia anus haud impura,

    tolerably decent, Ter. Heaut. 4, 1, 16:

    homo haud impurus,

    id. Eun. 2, 2, 4:

    libidine omni,

    Petr. 81.— Comp.:

    quis illo qui maledicit impurior?

    Cic. Phil. 3, 6, 15.— Sup.: omnium non bipedum solum, sed etiam quadrupedum impurissimus, Auct. Or. pro Dom. 18, 48.—
    B.
    Of inanim. and abstr. things:

    lingua,

    Sen. Ep. 87 med.:

    animus,

    Sall. C. 15, 4:

    mores,

    Cat. 108, 2:

    adulterium,

    id. 66, 84:

    historia,

    Ov. Tr. 2, 416:

    medicamina, i. e. venena,

    Flor. 2, 20:

    quid impurius, quam retinuisse talem (adulteram),

    Quint. 9, 2, 80. —Hence, adv.: impūrē (acc. to II.), impurely, basely, shamefully, vilely:

    impure atque flagitiose vivere,

    Cic. Fin. 3, 11, 38:

    multa facere impure atque taetre,

    id. Div. 1, 29, 6:

    atque intemperanter facere,

    id. Phil. 2, 21, 50:

    a quo impurissime haec nostra fortuna despecta est,

    id. Att. 9, 12, 2.

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  • 18 sordidus

    sordĭdus, a, um, adj. [sordeo], dirty, unclean, foul, filthy, squalid, sordid (class.).
    I.
    Lit. (syn.: squalidus, obscenus): vestem squalam et sordidam, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 6 (Trag. v. 370 Vahl.):

    amictus,

    Verg. A. 6, 301; cf.:

    sordidior toga,

    Mart. 1, 104, 5:

    mappa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 20, 8:

    lana,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 222:

    fumus,

    Hor. C. 4, 11, 11:

    at pol nitent, haud sordidae videntur ambae,

    Plaut. Bacch. 5, 2, 6:

    servolicolae,

    id. Poen. 1, 2, 55:

    nati,

    Hor. C. 2, 18, 28; cf.:

    magnos duces Non indecoro pulvere sordidos,

    id. ib. 2, 1, 22:

    puer sordidissimus dentibus,

    Petr. 64, 6 et saep.—Esp.:

    sordido in loco sedere,

    Val. Max. 9, 13, 2.— Transf., of mourners, clad in mourning, Cic. Mur. 40, 86.— Poet.:

    Auctumnus calcatis sordidus uvis,

    Ov. M. 2, 29; id. F. 4, 897;

    Col. poët. 10, 44: terga suis,

    sooty, dingy, Ov. M. 8, 648.—Prov.: saepe est etiam sub palliolo sordido sapientia, wisdom is often hid under a ragged cloak, Caecil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 23, 56.—
    B.
    Transf., low, base, mean, as to birth, rank, or condition; poor, humble, small, paltry (syn.:

    illiberalis, infimus): causam commisisse homini egenti, sordido, sine honore, sme censu,

    Cic. Fl. 22, 52; id. Att. 8, 4, 2; id. Leg. 3, 16, 35; Hor. C. 1, 28, 14.— Sup.:

    sordidissimus quisque,

    Liv. 1, 47, 11:

    familiae sordidissima pars,

    Petr. 132, 3; cf.:

    loco non humili solum sed etiam sordido ortus,

    Liv. 22, 25, 18:

    a sordidis initiis ad summa crevere,

    Just. 2, 6, 2:

    sordidum et obscurum Macedonum nomen,

    id. 6, 9, 7:

    genus alicujus,

    id. 22, 1, 1:

    panis,

    Plaut. As. 1, 2, 16; Sen. Ep. 18, 5:

    villula,

    Cic. Att. 12, 27, 1; cf.

    tecta,

    Luc. 4, 396:

    sedes,

    id. 5, 9:

    lar villae,

    Mart. 12, 57, 2:

    rura (with humiles casae),

    Verg. E. 2, 28:

    aratra,

    Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 414;

    hence also, otia, i. e. ruris,

    Mart. 1, 56, 4 —
    II.
    Trop., low, mean, base, abject, vile, despicable, disgraceful (syn. turpis).
    A.
    In gen., Cic. Phil. 1, 8, 20:

    iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

    id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

    multo homo sordidissimus,

    id. Scaur. 2, § 23:

    homo furiosus ac sordidus,

    id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 6, § 19:

    nec minus laetabor, cum te semper sordidum, quam si paulisper sordidatum viderem,

    id. Pis. 41, 99:

    illiberales et sordidi quaestus mercenariorum omnium, quorum operae, non quorum artes emuntur... Sordidi etiam putandi, qui mercantur a mercatoribus, quod statim vendant, etc.... Opifices omnes in sordidā arte versantur, etc.... mercatura autem, si tenuis est, sordida putanda est, etc.,

    id. Off. 1, 42, 150:

    lucrum,

    Quint. 1, 2, 16 sq.; cf.: sordidissima ratio et inquinatissima, Cic. Off. 2, 6, 21:

    qui (oratores) ne sordidiores quidem (artis) repudiarint (opp. praeclarissimas),

    id. de Or. 3, 32, 128:

    virtus repulsae nescia sordidae,

    Hor. C. 3, 2, 17:

    adulterium,

    Liv. 1, 58:

    nomen,

    Quint. 8, 3, 21:

    verba,

    id. 8, 3, 17; 8, 3, 49; 2, 5, 10:

    multa,

    id. 2, 12, 7:

    omnia, id 10, 1, 9: homines nullā re bonā dignos, cum quibus comparari sordidum, confligere autem miserum et periculosum sit,

    Cic. Rep. 1, 5, 9; id. Off. 2, 14, 50; cf.:

    qui pecuniam praeferre amicitiae sordidum existiment,

    id. Lael. 17, 63.—
    B.
    In partic., mean, niggardly, penurious, sordid (cf. parcus):

    ita sordidus, ut se Non umquam servo melius vestiret,

    Hor. S. 1, 1, 96; 1, 1, 65; 1, 2, 10; 2, 3, 164; Quint. 5, 13, 26; Plin. Ep. 2, 6, 1 (opp. sumptuosus):

    perjurium,

    Phaedr. 4, 19, 23:

    cupido,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 16; cf. Cic. Off. 1, 42, 150 supra.—Hence, adv.: sordĭdē.
    1.
    Lit., dirtily, foully:

    per plateas tractus est sordidissime,

    through the deepest mire, Lampr. Heliog. 33 med. —
    2.
    Transf., meanly, basely:

    quo sordidius et abjectius nati sunt,

    Tac. Or. 8.—
    3.
    Trop.
    a.
    Vulgarly, unbecomingly, poorly:

    loquitur laute et minime sordide,

    Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 11:

    dicere,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 339:

    contionari,

    id. Att. 15, 2, 2:

    declamare (opp. splendide atque ornate),

    Suet. Rhet. 6; Gell. 15, 4, 3.—
    b.
    Meanly, stingily, penuriously, sordidly:

    nimis illum sordide Simonidi dixisse, se dimidium ejus ei, quod pactus esset, pro illo carmine daturum,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    facere aliquid (opp. largissime),

    Suet. Dom. 9:

    gerere proconsulatum,

    Plin. Ep. 3, 9, 2.

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  • 19 spurcus

    spurcus, a, um, adj. [cf. spargo], dirty, unclean, impure (class.; syn.: immundus, impurus, obscenus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    res,

    Lucr. 6, 782; cf.: rem spurcissimam gustare, Varr. ap. Non. 394, 11:

    quaeque aspectu sunt spurca et odore,

    Lucil. ib. 394, 25:

    saliva,

    Cat. 78, 8; 99, 10:

    ager,

    Col. 1, praef. §

    25: spurcum atque pollutum vas,

    Gell. 17, 19, 4; App. M. 1, p. 108, 21:

    si quid est urinā spurcius,

    Gell. 17, 19, 4: tempestas spurcissima, Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 394, 9:

    spurcatissimis tempestatibus,

    Suet. Caes. 60:

    spurcum vinum est, quod sacris adhiberi non licet, ut ait Labeo Antistius, cui aqua admixta est defrutumve aut igne tactum est, mustumve antequam defervescat,

    Fest. p. 348 Müll.; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 3.—Of obscene defilement:

    noctes,

    Plaut. As. 4, 1, 62; cf.

    lupae,

    Mart. 1, 35, 8.—
    II.
    Trop., of character or condition, foul, base, low, mean, common: Samnis, spurcus homo, Lucil. ap. Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 41: lictor, Varr. ap. Non. 394 5:

    Dama,

    Hor. S. 2, 5, 18:

    QVAESTVS, i. e. lenocinium,

    Inscr. Murat. 1773, 8.— Comp.:

    nihil est te spurcius uno,

    Mart. 4, 56, 3.— Sup.:

    capita taeterrima et spurcissima,

    Cic. Phil. 11, 1, 1:

    homo avarissime et spurcissime,

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94:

    homo spurcissimae vitae ac defamatissimae,

    Gell. 14, 2, 10:

    praeferendam esse spurcissimam mortem servituti mundissimae,

    Sen. Ep. 70, 21: spurca ingenii vestigia, Afran. ap. Non. 393, 27.—Hence, adv.: spurcē, dirtily, impurely.
    1.
    Lit.:

    sus in pabulatione spurce versatur,

    Col. 7, 9, 14.—
    2.
    Trop., basely, meanly, villanously:

    spurce factum,

    Auct. Her. 1, 5, 8:

    qui in illam miseram tam spurce, tam impie dixeris,

    i. e. hast charged her with unchastity, Cic. Phil. 2, 38, 99 fin.—Comp.: spurcius nos quam alios opicos appellatione foedant, Cato ap. Plin. 29, 1, 7, § 14.— Sup.:

    perscribere spurcissime,

    Cic. Att. 11, 13, 2.

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  • 20 turpe

    turpis, e, adj. [Sanscr. root tarp-, to be ashamed], ugly, unsightly, unseemly, foul, filthy (class.; esp. freq. in a trop. sense; syn.: taeter, foedus, deformis, obscaenus, immundus).
    I.
    Lit.:

    aspectus deformis atque turpis,

    Cic. Off. 1, 35, 126; Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 125:

    ornatus,

    id. ib. 1, 2, 94; cf.

    infra, II.: vestitus,

    Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 57:

    colores foedā specie,

    Lucr. 2, 421:

    pes,

    Hor. S. 1, 2, 102:

    podex,

    id. Epod. 8, 5:

    rana,

    id. ib. 5, 19:

    pecus,

    id. S. 1, 3, 100:

    viri morbo,

    deformed, disfigured, id. C. 1, 37, 9:

    macies,

    id. ib. 3, 27, 53:

    scabies,

    Verg. G. 3, 441:

    podagrae,

    id. ib. 3, 299:

    udo membra flmo,

    i. e. befouled, id. A. 5, 358; cf.

    toral,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 22; Mart. 7, 36, 5; 8, 79, 2.— Sup.: simia quam similis turpissima bestia nobis, Enn. ap. Cic. N. D. 1, 35, 97 (Sat. v. 45 Vahl.)—
    II.
    Transf., of sound, disagreeable, cacophonous:

    si etiam abfugit turpe visum est,

    Cic. Or. 47, 158.—
    III.
    Trop., unseemly, shameful, disgraceful, base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable (syn.:

    inhonestus, impurus, sordidus, indecorus): pulchrum ornatum turpes mores pejus caeno collinunt,

    Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 133:

    verbum,

    Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 19:

    cum esset proposita aut fuga turpis aut gloriosa mors,

    Cic. Fin. 2, 30, 97:

    mors honesta saepe vitam quoque turpem exornat, at vita turpis saepe ne morti quidem honestae locum relinquit,

    id. Quint. 15, 49:

    adulescentia,

    id. Font. 15, 34:

    causam,

    Auct. Her. 1, 6, 9:

    causa,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 20:

    luxuria cum omni aetati turpis, tum senectuti foedissima est,

    Cic. Off. 1, 34, 123:

    si enim disserunt, nihil esse obscenum, nihil turpe dictu,

    id. Fam. 9, 22, 1:

    neque rogemus res turpes, nec faciamus rogati,

    id. Lael. 12, 40:

    formido mortis,

    id. Rep. 1, 3, 4:

    pars ingentem formidine turpi Scandunt equum,

    Verg. A. 2, 400:

    repulsa,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 43:

    turpem senectam Degere,

    id. C. 1, 31, 19:

    adulter,

    id. ib. 1, 33, 9:

    meretricis amor,

    id. S. 1, 4, 111:

    non turpis ad te, sed miser confugit,

    Cic. Quint. 31, 98; id. Att. 5, 11, 5:

    prodis ex judice Dama Turpis,

    Hor. S. 2, 7, 55:

    sub dominā meretrice turpis,

    id. Ep. 1, 2, 25:

    Egestas,

    Verg. A. 6, 276:

    facta,

    Quint. 1, 2, 2:

    fama,

    Tac. A. 12, 49:

    nihil turpe est, cujus placet pretium,

    Sen. Ep. 95, 33:

    luxus,

    Juv. 6, 298:

    fames,

    Flor. 4, 5, 3:

    foedus,

    Val. Max. 1, 6, 7:

    metus,

    id. 2, 9, 8.— Comp.:

    quid hoc turpius? quid foedius?

    Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 86:

    quid est autem nequius aut turpius effeminato viro?

    id. Tusc. 3, 17, 36:

    nihil est turpius quam cum eo bellum gerere, quocum familiariter vixeris,

    id. Lael. 21, 77; 26, 99; Caes. B. G. 4, 2.— Sup.:

    homo turpissimus atque inhonestissimus,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 18, 50:

    iste omnium turpissimus et sordidissimus,

    id. Att. 9, 9, 3:

    turpissima fuga,

    Caes. B. C. 2, 31: turpissimus calumniae quaestus, Crassus ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 55, 226:

    quod quidem mihi videtur esse turpissimum,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12.—
    b.
    As subst.: turpĕ, is, n., a base or shameful thing, a disgrace, shame, reproach:

    nec honesto quicquam honestius, nec turpi turpius,

    Cic. Fin. 4, 27, 75: turpe senex miles, turpe senilis amor. Ov. Am. 1, 9, 4: honesta et turpia virtutis ac malitiae societas efficit, Sen. Ep. 31, 5.— Adv. ( poet.):

    turpe incedere,

    in an unsightly manner, unbecomingly, Cat. 42, 8:

    gemens,

    Stat. Th. 3, 334.—
    c.
    Turpe est, or simply turpe, with a subj.-clause:

    habere quaestui rem publicam, non modo turpe est, sed sceleratum etiam et nefarium,

    Cic. Off. 2, 22, 77:

    quod facere non turpe est, modo, etc.,

    id. ib. 1, 35, 127:

    benevolentiam adsentando colligere turpe est,

    id. Lael. 17, 61:

    quid autem turpius quam illudi?

    id. ib. 26, 99; cf. id. ib. 21, 77:

    turpe erit, ingenium mitius esse feris,

    Ov. Am. 1, 10, 26; cf.:

    turpe ducet cedere pari,

    Quint. 1, 2, 22.— Hence, adv.: turpĭter, in an ugly or unsightly manner.
    1.
    Lit. (so rare):

    ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne,

    Hor. A. P. 3:

    claudicare,

    Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20.—
    2.
    Trop., in an unseemly manner, basely, shamefully, dishonorably (class.):

    turpiter et nequiter facere aliquid,

    Cic. Tusc. 3, 17, 36;

    unum illud extimescebam, ne quid turpiter facerem,

    id. Att. 9, 7, 1:

    turpiter se in castra recipere,

    Caes. B. G. 7, 20:

    me turpiter hodie hic dabo,

    Ter. Eun. 2, 1, 24; id. Hec. 4, 4, 2; Cic. Att. 6, 3, 9; 7, 2, 7; id. Mil. 4, 9; Caes. B. G. 7, 80; id. B. C. 3, 24; Auct. B. G. 8, 13; Hor. A. P. 284; Ov. M. 4, 187; Phaedr. 1, 25, 2; Val. Max. 2, 7, 15.— Comp., Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 13.— Sup., Cic. N. D. 1, 12, 29; Sen. Ep. 82, 12.

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