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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
- to flee
- Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, diffugiō, refugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēripiō, ēlābor, lābor
- to take refuge
- Synonyms: perfugiō, concurrō, dēlitēscō
- ad aliquem confugere ― to take refuge at someone’s place
- to have recourse to
- Synonym: dēvertō
- 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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