perfugium
Latin
Etymology
From perfugiō (“I take refuge”) + -ium.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pɛrˈfʊ.ɡi.ũː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [perˈfuː.d͡ʒi.um]
Noun
perfugium n (genitive perfugiī or perfugī); second declension
- refuge, shelter
- Synonyms: latebra, receptāculum, tēctum, refugium, dēverticulum, asȳlum
- asylum (political)
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | perfugium | perfugia |
| genitive | perfugiī perfugī1 |
perfugiōrum |
| dative | perfugiō | perfugiīs |
| accusative | perfugium | perfugia |
| ablative | perfugiō | perfugiīs |
| vocative | perfugium | perfugia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References
- “perfugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perfugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perfugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.