perfugium

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /perˈfu.ɡi.um/, [pɛrˈfʊɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /perˈfu.d͡ʒi.um/, [perˈfuːd͡ʒium]

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).

	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.