refugus

Latin

Etymology

From refugiō + -us.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛ.fʊ.ɡʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈrɛː.fu.ɡus]

Adjective

refugus (feminine refuga, neuter refugum); first/second-declension adjective

1. fleeing back or away
2. receding, vanishing

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	refugus	refuga	refugum		refugī	refugae	refuga
genitive	refugī	refugae	refugī		refugōrum	refugārum	refugōrum
dative	refugō	refugae	refugō		refugīs
accusative	refugum	refugam	refugum		refugōs	refugās	refuga
ablative	refugō	refugā	refugō		refugīs
vocative	refuge	refuga	refugum		refugī	refugae	refuga

Noun

refugus m (genitive refugī); second declension

1. refugee, fugitive

Declension

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	refugus	refugī
genitive	refugī	refugōrum
dative	refugō	refugīs
accusative	refugum	refugōs
ablative	refugō	refugīs
vocative	refuge	refugī

References

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