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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.

ū̆trum, adv. [uter].

Introducing an alternative question (direct or indirect), with an beginning the second clause (v. an); in Engl. represented in direct questions simply by the tone of voice, and in indirect questions by whether.

In a direct interrogation.

With ne,

Attached to the emphatic word of the first clause:

utrum tu masne an femina es?

Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 16: Ba. Simulato me amare. Pi. Utrum ego istoc jocon' assimulem, an serio, id. Bacch. 1, 1, 42:

utrum studione id sibi habet an laudi putat Fore?

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 28:

utrum igitur tandem perspicuisne dubia aperiuntur an dubiis perspicua tolluntur?

Cic. Fin. 4, 24, 67:

utrum censes illum tuamne de se orationem libentius auditurum fuisse an meam?

id. ib. 2, 19, 60.—

With ne attached to utrum, utrumne... an ( poet. and post-Aug.): utrumne jussi persequemur otium... An hunc laborem, etc. Hor. Epod. 1, 7:

utrumne salvum eum nolet orator, an? etc.,

Quint. 12, 1, 40:

utrumne igitur ego sum, Domiti, exemplo gravis an tu, qui, etc.,

Plin. 17, 1, 1, § 4.—

With ne repeated in place of an (very rare): sed utrum terraene motus, sonitusne inferum Pervasit auris? Att. ap. Prisc. 6, p. 680 P. (Trag. Rel. v. 479 Rib.).—

Without ne, utrum... an (class.):

utrum pro ancillā me habes, an pro filiā?

Plaut. Pers. 3, 1, 13:

utrum hac me feriam, an ab laevā, latus?

id. Cist. 3, 13:

sed utrum nunc tu coelibem ted esse mavis liberum, an maritum servom, etc.,

id. Cas. 2, 4, 11:

utrum pro dimidiā parte, an pro totā societate? Utrum pro me an pro me et pro te?

Cic. Rosc. Com. 11, 32:

utrum ea vestra an nostra culpa est?

id. Ac. 2, 29, 95; id. Tusc. 1, 25, 61.—

In an indirect interrogation.

With ne attached,

To the emphatic word of the first clause: sed utrum strictimne attonsurum dicam esse an per pectinem Nescio, Plaut. Capt. 2, 1, 18:

videndum'st primum utrum eae velintne an non velint,

id. Most. 3, 1, 151:

cum animo depugnat suo, Utrum itane esse ma. velit... an ita potius,

id. Trin. 2, 2, 26; id. Ps. 2, 4, 19; id. Bacch. 3, 4, 1: de istac rogas Virgine? Py. Ita, utrum praedicemne an taceam? Ter. Eun. 4, 4, 53:

ea res nunc in discrimine versatur, utrum possitne se parsimonia defendere, an, etc.,

Cic. Quint. 30, 92:

videamus, utrum ea fortuitane sint an eo statu, quo, etc.,

id. N. D. 2, 34, 87; id. Phil. 2, 12, 30; cf.:

est... illa distinctio, utrum... an... et utrum illudne... an, etc.,

id. Tusc. 4, 27, 59.—

With ne attached to utrum; utrumne... an ( poet. and post-Aug.):

nec quidquam differre utrumne in pulvere... ludas opus, an meretricis amore Sollicitus plores,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 251:

utrumne Divitiis homines an sint virtute beati,

id. ib. 2, 6, 73:

in eo plures dissenserunt, utrumne hae partes essent rhetorices, an ejusdem opera, an elementa,

Quint. 3, 3, 13:

Dareus dubitaverat utrumne circa Mesopotamiam subsisteret, an interiora regna sui peteret,

Curt. 4, 9, 1; Col. 11, 1, 50; Suet. Caes. 80; Tac. Or. 37.—

With ne attached to an; utrum... anne:

me jussit percontarier utrum aurum reddat anne eat secum simul,

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 1, 4:

est quaerendumque utrum una species sit earum anne plures,

Cic. Or. 61, 206:

id autem utrum illi sentiant anne simulent, tu intelleges,

id. Att. 12, 51, 2; cf. uter, I. B. 4, fin. —

Without ne:

quid tu, malum, curas, Utrum crudum an coctum edim,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 2, 16:

facite indicium, utrum hac an illac iter institerit,

id. Cist. 4, 2, 11:

utrum stultitiā facere ego hunc an malitiā Dicam, incertus sum,

Ter. Phorm. 4, 3, 54:

id utrum Romano more locutus sit, an, quomodo Stoici dicunt, postea videro,

Cic. Fam. 7, 16, 3:

permultum interest, utrum perturbatione aliquā animi, an consulto fiat injuria,

id. Off. 1, 8, 27:

quid interest utrum hoc feceris, an, etc.,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 75, § 174; id. Rosc. Com. 3, 9:

multum interest, utrum laus imminuatur, an salus deseratur,

id. Fam. 1, 7, 8: quomodo transierit, utrum rate an piscatorio navigio, nemo sciebat, Cael. ap. Quint. 6, 3, 41; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 8; Cat. 17, 21.—

With necne (rarely ne) in place of the second clause with an; utrum... necne, whether... or not:

jam dudum ego erro, qui quaeram, utrum emeris necne,

Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 16, § 35:

di utrum sint necne sint quaeritur,

id. N. D. 3, 7, 17:

utrum proelium committi ex usu esset necne,

Caes. B. G. 1, 50: deliberent, utrum traiciant legiones necne... et Brutum arcessant necne, et mihi stipendium dent an decernant, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 26; Liv. 39, 48, 2.—So, utrum... ne:

cum interrogaretur, utrum pluris patrem matremne faceret? matrem inquit,

Nep. Iphic. 3, 4.—

Introducing a disjunctive question with more than two members, with an beginning each clause after the first.

A direct question:

utrum hoc tu parum commeministi, an ego non satis intellexi, an mutasti sententiam?

Cic. Att. 9, 2:

utrum hoc signum cupiditatis tuae an tropaeum necessitudinis an amoris indicium esse voluisti?

id. Verr. 2, 2, 47, § 115; 2, 3, 36, § 83:

utrum hostem an vos an fortunam utriusque populi ignoratis?

Liv. 21, 10, 6; 6, 7, 3:

utrum major... an majores... an aetas... an cum Karthaginiensi, etc.,

id. 28, 43, 12.—

An indirect question:

in quo (convivio) nemo potest dicere utrum ille plus biberit an vomuerit an effuderit,

Cic. Pis. 10, 22:

utrum admonitus an temptatus an sine duce ullo... nescio,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 41, § 105.—

Introducing a single question without an expressed alternative (cf. the similar use of an).

In a direct interrogation:

utrum enim in clarissimis est civibus is, quem judicatum hic duxit Hermippus?

Cic. Fl. 19, 45:

utrum igitur hactenus satis est?

id. Top. 4, 25:

utrum majores vestri omnium magnarum rerum et principia exorti ab diis sunt et finem eum statuerunt?

Liv. 45, 39, 10.—

In an indirect interrogation:

neque utrum ex hoc saltu damni salvum scio eliciam foras,

Plaut. Men. 5, 6, 30:

an hoc dicere audebis, utrum de te aratores, utrum denique Siculi universi bene existiment, ad rem id non pertinere?

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 69, § 167: [p. 1949] Nep. Eum. 6, 1.—With the interrog. particle nam:

cum percontatus esset, utrumnam Patris universa classis in portu stare posset,

Liv. 37, 17, 10 dub. Weissenb. ad loc. (Hertz and Madv. possetne).