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fāmōsus, a, um, adj. [fama], much talked of (well or ill), i. e. famed, celebrated.

In a good sense, famous, renowned (not ante-Aug.):

famosae mortis amor,

Hor. A. P. 469:

mors Junii Blaesi,

Tac. H. 3, 38:

vir secundis adversisque juxta famosus,

id. ib. 1, 10:

urbs (Hierosolyma),

id. ib. 5, 2 init.:

equi,

Suet. Calig. 19:

victoria,

Flor. 3, 7, 6 Duk.; App. M. 11, p. 267:

causa (with pulchra),

Plin. Ep. 6, 23, 1; 2, 11, 1; 9, 13, 11.— Sup.:

templum,

Vulg. 2 Macc. 2, 23.—

In a bad sense.

Infamous, notorious (class.): qui etiam me miserum famosum facit flagitiis suis, Plaut. Fragm. ap. Non. 305, 28: me ad famosas vetuit mater accedere, i. e. meretrices, Poët. ap. Cic. de Or. 2, 68, 277; cf. Cic. Fragm. ap. Non. 306, 5 (Rep. 4, 6 ed. Mos.):

famosam veneficiis Martinam,

Tac. A. 3, 7; Cato ap. Gell. 9, 12, 7; cf.: et formosus homo fuit et famosus, Lucil. ap. Non. 305, 31:

famosa impudensque largitio regis,

Sall. J. 15, 5:

Hymen,

Ov. H. 9, 134 al. —Esp. law t. t., without reputation, Cod. 5, 40, 9; cf. infamia.—

Transf., actively, defamatory, slanderous, scandalous (perh. not ante-Aug.):

cognitionem de famosis libellis tractavit,

libels, Tac. A. 1, 72:

probris,

id. ib. 11, 25:

delationibus,

id. ib. 4, 41; so,

libelli,

Suet. Aug. 55; cf.:

de injuriis et libellis famosis,

Dig. 46, tit. 10; Cod. Th. 9, 34, 7; Cod. Just. 9, 36, 1:

carmen,

a lampoon, pasquinade, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31:

epigrammata,

Suet. Caes. 73.— Sup., App. Mag. p. 324; Spart. Hadr. 15.— Adv.: fāmōse (acc. to I.), with fame or glory (post-class. and very rare), Aur. Vict. Caes. 20 med.—Comp.:

morbum famosius curare,

Tert. adv. Marc. 1, 22.

pŭdĕo, ŭi, or pŭdĭtum est, ēre ( dep. form pudeatur, Petr. 47, 4), 2, v. a. and n. [root pu-, pav-, to strike; Sanscr. paviram, weapon; cf. pavire (puvire), tripudium, etc.], to make or be ashamed, to feel shame; to be influenced or restrained by shame or by respect for a person or thing.—In the verb. finit. extremely rare:

ita nunc pudeo,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 3:

siquidem te quicquam, quod facis, pudet,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 30; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 4:

idne pudet te, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 4:

pudet, quod prius non puditum umquam est,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 4.—In plur.:

non te haec pudent?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 36:

semper metuet, quem Saeva pudebunt,

Luc. 8, 495.—Chiefly used as a verb. impers., pudet, ŭit, or pudĭtum est, one is or feels ashamed, it causes a feeling of shame, etc; constr. aliquem alicujus rei, or with a subj.-clause:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet: ubi pudendum est, ibi eos deserit pudor, cum usus est, ut pudeat,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1 sq.:

fratris me Pudet,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:

sunt homines, quos infamiae suae neque pudeat neque taedeat,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

pudet me non tui quidem, sed Chrysippi, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

cujus eos non pudere demiror,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

ceteros pudeat, si qui, etc.... me autem quid pudeat?

id. Arch. 6, 12; Ov. M. 7, 617:

cicatricum et sceleris pudet,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 33:

nam pudet tanti mali,

id. Epod. 11, 7; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 12:

tum puderet vivos, tamquam puditurum esset exstinctos,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108:

deūm me hercle atque hominum pudet,

before gods and men, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 67; Liv. 3, 19, 7.—With subj.-clause:

pudet Dicere hac praesente verbum turpe: at te id nullo modo Facere puduit,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 20:

puderet me dicere non intellegere, si, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

servire aeternos non puduisse deos?

Tib. 2, 3, 30: nec lusisse pudet sed non incidere [p. 1486] ludum, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36:

scripta pudet recitare,

id. ib. 1, 19, 42:

nonne esset puditum, legatum dici Maeandrium?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52.—With supine:

pudet dictu,

Tac. Agr. 32.—In the gerund:

non enim pudendo, sed non faciendo id, quod non decet, impudentiae nomen effugere debemus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 120:

inducitur ad pudendum,

id. Brut. 50, 188.—Hence,

pŭdens, entis, P. a., shamefaced, bashful, modest (class.):

muta pudens est,

Lucr. 4, 1164:

pudens et probus filius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

cur nescire, pudens prave, quam discere malo?

Hor. A. P. 88:

nihil pudens, nihil pudicum in eo apparet,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

animus,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

pudens et liberalis risus,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.— Comp., Cic. Pis. 17.— Sup.:

homo,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

vir,

id. Fl. 20:

femina,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94.— Adv.: pŭdenter, modestly, bashfully, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 190 P.; Cic. Quint. 11, 39; id. Vatin. 2, 6:

sumere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; id. A. P. 51.— Comp.:

pudentius accedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364; Gell. 12, 11, 5. — Sup.:

pudentissime aliquid petere,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.—

pŭdendus, a, um, P. a., of which one ought to be ashamed, shameful, scandalous, disgraceful, abominable (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ut jam pudendum sit honestiora decreta esse legionum quam senatus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 2, 4:

vita,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 108:

vulnera,

Verg. A. 11, 55:

causa,

Ov. H. 5, 98:

parentes,

Suet. Vit. 2:

negotiationes vel privato pudendas exercere,

id. Vesp. 16:

pudenda miserandaque oratio,

id. Tib. 65:

pudenda dictu spectantur,

Quint. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

pudendumque dictu, si, etc.,

id. 6, 4, 7:

luxus,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

hoc quoque animal (sc. blatta) inter pudenda est,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 140:

proh cuncta pudendi!

wholly shameful! Sil. 11, 90:

membra,

the parts of shame, the privy parts, Ser. Samm. 36, 681.—

Subst.: pŭdenda, ōrum, n. (sc. membra).

The private parts (post-class.), Aus. Per. Odyss. 6; id. Idyll. 6, 85; Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 17; Sen. ad Marc. 22, 1; Vulg. Nah. 3, 5.—

The breech, fundament, Min. Fel. Oct. 28 med.

pŭdĕo, ŭi, or pŭdĭtum est, ēre ( dep. form pudeatur, Petr. 47, 4), 2, v. a. and n. [root pu-, pav-, to strike; Sanscr. paviram, weapon; cf. pavire (puvire), tripudium, etc.], to make or be ashamed, to feel shame; to be influenced or restrained by shame or by respect for a person or thing.—In the verb. finit. extremely rare:

ita nunc pudeo,

Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 3:

siquidem te quicquam, quod facis, pudet,

id. Mil. 3, 1, 30; Ter. Ad. 1, 2, 4:

idne pudet te, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Ep. 1, 2, 4:

pudet, quod prius non puditum umquam est,

id. Cas. 5, 2, 4.—In plur.:

non te haec pudent?

Ter. Ad. 4, 7, 36:

semper metuet, quem Saeva pudebunt,

Luc. 8, 495.—Chiefly used as a verb. impers., pudet, ŭit, or pudĭtum est, one is or feels ashamed, it causes a feeling of shame, etc; constr. aliquem alicujus rei, or with a subj.-clause:

quos, cum nihil refert, pudet: ubi pudendum est, ibi eos deserit pudor, cum usus est, ut pudeat,

Plaut. Ep. 2, 1, 1 sq.:

fratris me Pudet,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 38; id. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:

sunt homines, quos infamiae suae neque pudeat neque taedeat,

Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35:

pudet me non tui quidem, sed Chrysippi, etc.,

id. Div. 2, 15, 35:

cujus eos non pudere demiror,

id. Phil. 10, 10, 22:

ceteros pudeat, si qui, etc.... me autem quid pudeat?

id. Arch. 6, 12; Ov. M. 7, 617:

cicatricum et sceleris pudet,

Hor. C. 1, 35, 33:

nam pudet tanti mali,

id. Epod. 11, 7; Plaut. Bacch. 3, 1, 12:

tum puderet vivos, tamquam puditurum esset exstinctos,

Plin. 36, 15, 24, § 108:

deūm me hercle atque hominum pudet,

before gods and men, Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 67; Liv. 3, 19, 7.—With subj.-clause:

pudet Dicere hac praesente verbum turpe: at te id nullo modo Facere puduit,

Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 20:

puderet me dicere non intellegere, si, etc.,

Cic. N. D. 1, 39, 109:

servire aeternos non puduisse deos?

Tib. 2, 3, 30: nec lusisse pudet sed non incidere [p. 1486] ludum, Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 36:

scripta pudet recitare,

id. ib. 1, 19, 42:

nonne esset puditum, legatum dici Maeandrium?

Cic. Fl. 22, 52.—With supine:

pudet dictu,

Tac. Agr. 32.—In the gerund:

non enim pudendo, sed non faciendo id, quod non decet, impudentiae nomen effugere debemus,

Cic. de Or. 1, 26, 120:

inducitur ad pudendum,

id. Brut. 50, 188.—Hence,

pŭdens, entis, P. a., shamefaced, bashful, modest (class.):

muta pudens est,

Lucr. 4, 1164:

pudens et probus filius,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69, § 161:

cur nescire, pudens prave, quam discere malo?

Hor. A. P. 88:

nihil pudens, nihil pudicum in eo apparet,

Cic. Phil. 3, 11, 28; id. Verr. 2, 1, 1, § 2:

animus,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 68:

pudens et liberalis risus,

Auct. Her. 3, 13, 23.— Comp., Cic. Pis. 17.— Sup.:

homo,

Cic. Caecin. 35, 102:

vir,

id. Fl. 20:

femina,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 37, § 94.— Adv.: pŭdenter, modestly, bashfully, Afran. ap. Charis. p. 190 P.; Cic. Quint. 11, 39; id. Vatin. 2, 6:

sumere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 44; id. A. P. 51.— Comp.:

pudentius accedere,

Cic. de Or. 2, 89, 364; Gell. 12, 11, 5. — Sup.:

pudentissime aliquid petere,

Cic. Att. 16, 15, 5.—

pŭdendus, a, um, P. a., of which one ought to be ashamed, shameful, scandalous, disgraceful, abominable (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

ut jam pudendum sit honestiora decreta esse legionum quam senatus,

Cic. Phil. 5, 2, 4:

vita,

Ov. P. 2, 2, 108:

vulnera,

Verg. A. 11, 55:

causa,

Ov. H. 5, 98:

parentes,

Suet. Vit. 2:

negotiationes vel privato pudendas exercere,

id. Vesp. 16:

pudenda miserandaque oratio,

id. Tib. 65:

pudenda dictu spectantur,

Quint. 1, 2, 8; cf.:

pudendumque dictu, si, etc.,

id. 6, 4, 7:

luxus,

Tac. A. 3, 53:

hoc quoque animal (sc. blatta) inter pudenda est,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 140:

proh cuncta pudendi!

wholly shameful! Sil. 11, 90:

membra,

the parts of shame, the privy parts, Ser. Samm. 36, 681.—

Subst.: pŭdenda, ōrum, n. (sc. membra).

The private parts (post-class.), Aus. Per. Odyss. 6; id. Idyll. 6, 85; Aug. Civ. Dei, 14, 17; Sen. ad Marc. 22, 1; Vulg. Nah. 3, 5.—

The breech, fundament, Min. Fel. Oct. 28 med.

pŭdĭbundus, a, um, adj. [id.]. Act., ashamed, shamefaced, bashful, modest ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

matrona,

Hor. A. P. 233; Ov. Am. 3, 7, 69:

vir,

Just. 38, 8, 10:

ora,

Ov. F. 2, 819; id. M. 6, 604:

pudibundus pavo ac maerens (caudā amissā),

Plin. 10, 20, 22, § 44.— Poet.:

pudibunda dies,

i. e. that is ashamed of the evil deeds committed in it, Stat. Th. 5, 296.—

Pass., of which one should be ashamed, shameful, disgraceful, scandalous, = pudendus:

exitia,

Val. Fl. 1, 809:

genus,

Just. 23, 45 (al. pudendum): sales, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 114.

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).

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.)—

Transf., of sound, disagreeable, cacophonous:

si etiam abfugit turpe visum est,

Cic. Or. 47, 158.—

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.—

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.—

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.

Lit. (so rare):

ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne,

Hor. A. P. 3:

claudicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20.—

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.

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).

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.)—

Transf., of sound, disagreeable, cacophonous:

si etiam abfugit turpe visum est,

Cic. Or. 47, 158.—

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.—

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.—

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.

Lit. (so rare):

ut turpiter atrum Desinat in piscem mulier formosa superne,

Hor. A. P. 3:

claudicare,

Ov. Am. 2, 17, 20.—

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.