turpis

== Latin == === Etymology === Uncertain. Traditionally derived from Proto-Indo-European *trep- (“to turn”) (with the word interpreted as "turning away" > "repelling" > "disgusting"), and compared with Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō, “to turn, divert”), Sanskrit त्रपते (trapate, “to be ashamed”). Compare typologically Russian отврати́тельный (otvratítelʹnyj) (< Old Church Slavonic отъвратити (otŭvratiti) < вратити (vratiti)). De Vaan is skeptical of the semantics of this derivation, and prefers, albeit with hesitation, to compare the word with torpeō (“to be stiff”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtʊr.pɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtur.pis] === Adjective === turpis (neuter turpe, comparative turpior, superlative turpissimus, adverb turpiter); third-declension two-termination adjective ugly, unsightly; foul, filthy Synonym: foedus Attributed to Ennius by Cicero in Dē nātūrā deōrum, Book I, Chapter XXXV Sīmia quam similis turpissima bēstia nōbīs! How similar to us is that most vile beast, the ape! Vidē quam turpī lētō pereāmus! ― See what a disgraceful death we die! (of sound) cacophonous, disagreeable (figuratively) base, infamous, scandalous, dishonorable, shameful, disgraceful, unseemly, vile ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “turpis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “turpis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “turpis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co. Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tŭrpis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 432 Wagner, Max Leopold (1960–1964), “túrpe”, in Dizionario etimologico sardo, Heidelberg