confugio

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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ fugiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

cōnfugiō (present infinitive cōnfugere, perfect active cōnfūgī, supine cōnfugitum); third conjugation iō-variant, impersonal in the passive

  1. to flee
    Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, diffugiō, refugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēripiō, ēlābor, lābor
  2. to take refuge
    Synonyms: perfugiō, concurrō, dēlitēscō
    ad aliquem confugereto take refuge at someone’s place
  3. to have recourse to
    Synonym: dēvertō
  4. to appeal to

Conjugation

References

  • confugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to fly to some one for refuge: confugere ad aliquem or ad opem, ad fidem alicuius
    • to take refuge in philosophy: in portum philosophiae confugere
    • to flee for refuge to some one: confugere ad aliquem, ad fidem alicuius
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