turpiculus

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

turpĭcŭlus, a, um, adj. dim. [turpis], ugly, foul, deformed.

I Lit.: nasus, Cat. 41, 3: res, Varr. L. L. 7, § 97 Müll.—*

II Trop.: jocus in (rebus) turpiculis et quasi deformibus ponitur, Cic. de Or. 2, 61, 248.

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