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Latin
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From per- + fugiō.
Verb
perfugiō (present infinitive perfugere, perfect active perfūgī); third conjugation iō-variant, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive
- 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.
- to take refuge
- Synonyms: cōnfugiō, concurrō, dēlitēscō
Conjugation
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Noun
perfugiō n
- 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.