turpilucricupidus

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined by Plautus, from a compound of turpis (“shameful”) +‎ lucrum (“gain”) +‎ cupidus (“eager”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [tʊr.pɪ.ɫʊ.krɪˈkʊ.pɪ.dʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [tur.pi.lu.kriˈkuː.pi.dus] === Adjective === turpilucricupidus (feminine turpilucricupida, neuter turpilucricupidum); first/second-declension adjective (hapax legomenon) Greedy for shameful or dishonorable profit. ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective. ==== 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.