Latin

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Etymology

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From perfugiō (I take refuge) +‎ -ium.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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perfugium n (genitive perfugiī or perfugī); second declension

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

Declension

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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

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  • 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.