refugio Latin · revision 30824

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius|origins=la re-, ine-pro *bʰug-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [rɛˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [reˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''refugiō''' (present infinitive refugere, perfect active refūgī); third (-iō variant) conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|re-|fugiō|t1=back|t2=to flee]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces [[m|la|fugiō]] to [[itc-pro|*fugi-]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰug-i-|t=to flee]], cognate with [[grc|φεύγω|tr=pheúgō|t=to flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Ennius, in a tragedy, of fear: ''quīn refugiat timidō sanguen atque exalbēscat metū'', “so that the blood shrinks back in fear and he turns pale with dread”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to turn and flee, run away, as Caecilius asks why someone did not flee once he knew the lures, and transitively to run from weapons (Cicero).^(OLD 2012) It is also to flee to someone for protection, and to have recourse to something, as Cicero turns to admonishing Atticus to avoid painful memories.^(OLD 2012) Things recede or shrink back, and coasts run back, as Asia recedes to the south in Mela.^(OLD 2012) Transitively it is to shrink from something, as Ovid's laurel, Daphne's new body, shrinks from Apollo's kisses, and to shrink from an action: Cicero reproaches someone for shrinking from speaking out of modesty.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “flee, escape, take flight”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of blood shrinking back in fear.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 230/220–168 BC – Caecilius of running away.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of fleeing to envoys and of shrinking from speaking.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid of the laurel shrinking from kisses.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To flee back, run away, [[m|en|escape]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To flee (to) for protection; to have recourse (to).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To shrink back, [[m|en|recoil]];^(OLD 2012) ''(of coasts)'' to recede.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To shrink from, [[m|en|avoid]], shun.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[refugium]]

+ * [[refugus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fugiō]]

+ * [[cōnfugiō]]

+ * [[profugiō]]

+ * [[en|refuge]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}