perfugium
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From perfugiō (“I take refuge”) + -ium.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /perˈfu.ɡi.um/, [pɛrˈfʊɡiʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /perˈfu.d͡ʒi.um/, [perˈfuːd͡ʒium]
Noun edit
perfugium n (genitive perfugiī or perfugī); second declension
- refuge, shelter
- Synonyms: latebra, receptāculum, tēctum, refugium, dēverticulum, asȳlum
- asylum (political)
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | perfugium | perfugia |
| Genitive | perfugiī perfugī1 |
perfugiōrum |
| Dative | perfugiō | perfugiīs |
| Accusative | perfugium | perfugia |
| Ablative | perfugiō | perfugiīs |
| Vocative | perfugium | perfugia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
References edit
- “perfugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “perfugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- perfugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.