diffugio

Latin

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-der.

Proto-Italic *fugjō

Latin fugiō

Latin diffugiō

From dis- + fugiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪfˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [difˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]

Verb

diffugiō (present infinitive diffugere, perfect active diffūgī, supine diffūgitum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, impersonal in the passive

1. to scatter, disperse or dispel
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.212:

     “Diffugimus vīsū exsanguēs.”

     “Pale [with fear], we scatter at the sight [of the sea serpents].” – Aeneas

2. to flee or run away

   Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, refugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēlābor, ēripiō, lābor

Conjugation

   Conjugation of diffugiō (third (-iō variant) conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffugiō		diffugis		diffugit		diffugimus		diffugitis		diffugiunt
	imperfect	diffugiēbam		diffugiēbās		diffugiēbat		diffugiēbāmus		diffugiēbātis		diffugiēbant
	future	diffugiam		diffugiēs		diffugiet		diffugiēmus		diffugiētis		diffugient
	perfect	diffūgī		diffūgistī		diffūgit		diffūgimus		diffūgistis		diffūgērunt, diffūgēre
	pluperfect	diffūgeram		diffūgerās		diffūgerat		diffūgerāmus		diffūgerātis		diffūgerant
	future perfect	diffūgerō		diffūgeris		diffūgerit		diffūgerimus		diffūgeritis		diffūgerint
passive	present	—		—		diffugitur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		diffugiēbātur		—		—		—
	future	—		—		diffugiētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		diffūgitum est		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		diffūgitum erat		—		—		—
	future perfect	—		—		diffūgitum erit		—		—		—
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	diffugiam		diffugiās		diffugiat		diffugiāmus		diffugiātis		diffugiant
	imperfect	diffugerem		diffugerēs		diffugeret		diffugerēmus		diffugerētis		diffugerent
	perfect	diffūgerim		diffūgerīs		diffūgerit		diffūgerīmus		diffūgerītis		diffūgerint
	pluperfect	diffūgissem		diffūgissēs		diffūgisset		diffūgissēmus		diffūgissētis		diffūgissent
passive	present	—		—		diffugiātur		—		—		—
	imperfect	—		—		diffugerētur		—		—		—
	perfect	—		—		diffūgitum sit		—		—		—
	pluperfect	—		—		diffūgitum esset		—		—		—
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		diffuge		—		—		diffugite		—
	future	—		diffugitō		diffugitō		—		diffugitōte		diffugiuntō
passive	future	—		—		diffugitor		—		—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		diffugere			diffugī			diffugiēns			—
future		diffūgitūrum esse			diffūgitum īrī			diffūgitūrus			diffugiendum, diffugiundum
perfect		diffūgisse			diffūgitum esse			—			diffūgitum
future perfect		—			diffūgitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		diffūgitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		diffugiendī		diffugiendō		diffugiendum		diffugiendō		diffūgitum		diffūgitū

References

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