confuga

Latin

Etymology

From cōnfugiō (“to flee, take refuge”) +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.fu.ɡa/, [ˈkõːfʊɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.fu.ɡa/, [ˈkɔɱfuɡä]

Noun

cōnfuga m or f (genitive cōnfugae); first declension

1. one who seeks refuge, a fugitive, a refugee

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cōnfuga	cōnfugae
Genitive	cōnfugae	cōnfugārum
Dative	cōnfugae	cōnfugīs
Accusative	cōnfugam	cōnfugās
Ablative	cōnfugā	cōnfugīs
Vocative	cōnfuga	cōnfugae

Related terms

• perfuga
• refuga
• trānsfuga

References

• “confuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• confuga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• confuga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.