Turpilius

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Turpĭlĭus, i, m.; Turpĭlĭa, ae, f.,

the name of a Roman gens. So, Sex. Turpilius, a Roman comic poet , a contemporary and friend of Terence , Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 34, 72.— Fem. Turpilia, Cic. Fam. 7, 21.