perfugium

Latin

Etymology

From perfugiō (“I take refuge”) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

Noun

perfugium n (genitive perfugiī or perfugī); second declension

  1. refuge, shelter
    Synonyms: latebra, receptāculum, tēctum, refugium, dēverticulum, asȳlum
  2. asylum (political)

Declension

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
  • “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.
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