perfugio Latin · revision 31671

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=120–67 BC, Sisenna|origins=la fugiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

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

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|per-|fugiō|t2=to flee]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨fugiō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fugiō|alt=*fug-i-|t=to flee]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰewg-|alt=*bʰug-i-|t=to flee]], cognate with [[grc|φεύγω|tr=pheúgō|t=to flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Sisenna and Cicero on, mostly in the historians.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to take refuge, escape” to a person or place, as in Livy and in Nepos' flight to Corinth.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) In particular it is to desert to the enemy: Cicero speaks of enemies who had fled to our generals, and of a man of Veii who deserted to the Romans.^(OLD 2012)

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

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 120–67 BC – Sisenna.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of deserters.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 100–24 BC – Nepos of fleeing to Corinth.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To take [[m|en|refuge]], escape.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To [[m|en|desert]] to the enemy.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[perfuga]]

+ * [[perfugium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fugiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}