subturpiculus

Latin

Etymology

sub- +‎ turpiculus

Pronunciation

Adjective

subturpiculus (feminine subturpicula, neuter subturpiculum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. somewhat mean, disgraceful, shameful
    • 68 BCE – 44 BCE, Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum 4.5.1:
      quin etiam (dudum enim circumrodo quod devorandum est) subturpicula mihi videbatur esse παλινῳδία
      There was also the fact (I might as well stop nibbling at what has to be swallowed) that my palinode seemed to me somewhat shameful
  2. savouring of meanness

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative subturpiculus subturpicula subturpiculum subturpiculī subturpiculae subturpicula
genitive subturpiculī subturpiculae subturpiculī subturpiculōrum subturpiculārum subturpiculōrum
dative subturpiculō subturpiculae subturpiculō subturpiculīs
accusative subturpiculum subturpiculam subturpiculum subturpiculōs subturpiculās subturpicula
ablative subturpiculō subturpiculā subturpiculō subturpiculīs
vocative subturpicule subturpicula subturpiculum subturpiculī subturpiculae subturpicula

References

  • “subturpiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “subturpiculus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “subturpiculus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • subturpiculus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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