perfugio

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From per- +‎ fugiō.

Verb

perfugiō (present infinitive perfugere, perfect active perfūgī); third conjugation -variant, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

  1. 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.
  2. to take refuge
    Synonyms: cōnfugiō, concurrō, dēlitēscō
Conjugation
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Etymology 2

Noun

perfugiō n

  1. 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.