transfuga Latin · revision 31710

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=ine-pro *bʰewg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈtrãːf.fʊ.ɡa]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈtrans.fu.ɡa]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''trānsfuga''' ''m'' (genitive trānsfugae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a noun of agent [[der|la|trānsfugiō|t=to desert to the enemy]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|la|trāns-]] and [[m|la|fugiō|t=to flee]].^(Wiktionary) The verb [[m|la|fugiō]] goes back to [[ine-pro|*bʰewg-|t=to flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who has “that deserter did not dare to tell the senate everything”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is one who goes over to the other side, a deserter or renegade; a jurist in the ''Digest'' says that it means not only one who deserts to the enemy in war.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) With a genitive it is one who deserts a place or a practice, as Lucan's “deserter of the world”, and in law a fugitive from custody, as from the mines.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says that the [[perfuga]] goes over as a traitor to his side, while the ⟨transfuga⟩ is a waverer who changes sides; both are usually soldiers.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ ==Timeline==

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|deserter]], one who goes over to the enemy; a [[m|en|renegade]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # One who deserts a place or practice.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(law)'' A [[m|en|fugitive]] from custody.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[transfugio|alt=trānsfugiō]]

+ * [[perfuga]]

+ * [[fugio|alt=fugiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}