perfugio
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]
Etymology 1
Verb
perfugiō (present infinitive perfugere, perfect active perfūgī); third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive
- to flee or desert
- Synonyms: prōfugiō, fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, refugiō, aufugiō, effugiō, diffugiō, āvolō, ēripiō, ēlābor, lābor
- c. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de Bello Gallico 1.27:
- Eo postquam Caesar pervenit, obsides, arma, servos qui ad eos perfugissent, poposcit.
- When Caesar arrived at that place, he demanded hostages, their arms, and the slaves who had deserted to them.
- Eo postquam Caesar pervenit, obsides, arma, servos qui ad eos perfugissent, poposcit.
- to take refuge
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Etymology 2
Noun
perfugiō n
- dative/ablative singular of perfugium (“refuge, shelter”)
References
- “perfugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perfugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perfugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.