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Latin
Etymology
From turpis (“shameful”) + lucrum (“gain”) + cupidus (“eager”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
turpilucricupidus (feminine turpilucricupida, neuter turpilucricupidum); first/second-declension adjective
- (hapax) greedy for dishonest gain
c. 195 BCE,
Plautus,
Trinummus 1.2.61–66:
- CALLICLĒS. Exspectō sī quid dīcās. MEGARONIDĒS. prīmumdum omnium,
male dictitātur tibi volgō in sermōnibus:
turpilucricupidum tē vocant cīvēs tuī;
tum autem sunt aliī quī tē volturium vocant:
hostīsne an cīvīs comedis parvī pendere.
Haec quom audiō in tē dīcī, discrucior miser.- CALLICLES. I'm waiting if you say something. MEGARONIDES. First of all,
it's spoken badly of you by the people in discussions:
your citizens call you greedy for dishonest gain;
that whether you devour foes or citizens doesn't matter much.
When I hear these said of you, I'm tormented, poor me.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
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