suffugium Latin · revision 33336

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=1st half of the 1st century AD, Nux|origins=ine-pro *bhug-i-}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''suffugium''' ''n'' (genitive ''suffugiī'' or ''suffugī''); second declension^(OLD 2012)

+ It is also spelled ''subfugium''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|suffugiō|-ium|t1=to flee under, take refuge]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) [[m|la|suffugiō]] is a compound of [[m|la|sub-]] and [[m|la|fugiō|t=to flee]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*fug-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*bhug-i-|t=to flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010) Cognate with [[grc|φεύγω|tr=pheúgō|t=to flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler dates it from the ''Nux'',^(Köbler 2010) where the walnut tree asks what it is but a shelter for those avoiding the rain: ''quid nisi suffugium nimbos vitantibus essem?''^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is something under which one takes refuge from the weather, a shelter:^(OLD 2012) Tacitus says the Germans dig underground caves as a refuge from winter, and speaks of nearby places of refuge.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Lewis & Short note that it is not found before the Augustan age.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Figuratively it is a means of escape from danger or misfortune, as Quintilian's evasions that are the refuges of weakness.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1st half of the 1st century AD – The ''Nux'', of a tree sheltering people from rain.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 35–95/96 AD – Quintilian, of refuges of weakness.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 98–115 AD – Tacitus, of caves as a refuge from winter.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|shelter]] from the weather, a covert.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ # A [[m|en|refuge]], a means of escape.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[suffugiō]]

+ * [[fugiō]]

+ * [[perfugium]]

+ * [[refugium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}