lucifugus

English

Adjective

lucifugus

1. Misspelling of lucifugous.

Latin

Etymology

From lūx, lūcis (“light”) +‎ -i- +‎ fugere (“to shun”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /luːˈki.fu.ɡus/, [ɫ̪uːˈkɪfʊɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /luˈt͡ʃi.fu.ɡus/, [luˈt͡ʃiːfuɡus]

Adjective

lūcifugus (feminine lūcifuga, neuter lūcifugum); first/second-declension adjective

1. that shuns daylight
2. nocturnal
3. reclusive

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	lūcifugus	lūcifuga	lūcifugum		lūcifugī	lūcifugae	lūcifuga
genitive	lūcifugī	lūcifugae	lūcifugī		lūcifugōrum	lūcifugārum	lūcifugōrum
dative	lūcifugō	lūcifugae	lūcifugō		lūcifugīs
accusative	lūcifugum	lūcifugam	lūcifugum		lūcifugōs	lūcifugās	lūcifuga
ablative	lūcifugō	lūcifugā	lūcifugō		lūcifugīs
vocative	lūcifuge	lūcifuga	lūcifugum		lūcifugī	lūcifugae	lūcifuga

References

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