perfuga

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Latin

Etymology

From perfugiō (“desert”) +‎ -a (agent noun suffix).

Noun

perfuga m (genitive perfugae); first declension

  1. deserter

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative perfuga perfugae
genitive perfugae perfugārum
dative perfugae perfugīs
accusative perfugam perfugās
ablative perfugā perfugīs
vocative perfuga perfugae

References

  • “perfuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “perfuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • perfuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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