turpiculus a. ugly, little, slightly indecent
turpificatus a. debased
turpilucricupidus a. fond of filthy lucre.
turpis a. ugly, deformed, unsightly; base, disgraceful.
turpiter ad. repulsively; shamefully.
turpitudo deformity; disgrace, infamy.
Collins Latin Dictionary, D.A.Kidd MA 1957
turpificatus a. debased
turpilucricupidus a. fond of filthy lucre.
turpis a. ugly, deformed, unsightly; base, disgraceful.
turpiter ad. repulsively; shamefully.
turpitudo deformity; disgrace, infamy.
Collins Latin Dictionary, D.A.Kidd MA 1957
posted by John | 8:50 am
1 Comments:
So if you add together all the words meaning low and base, plus the word meaning hare, I reckon that Turpin was a nickname - a low base man who was good at running away.
His real name was probably Fred Boggins or similar but Dick Turpin sounded so much better, in a Robin Hood kind of a way.
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