confugium

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Latin

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Etymology

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From cōnfugiō (to flee, take refuge) +‎ -ium.

Noun

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cōnfugium n (genitive cōnfugiī or cōnfugī); second declension

  1. refuge, sanctuary, shelter

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cōnfugium cōnfugia
Genitive cōnfugiī
cōnfugī1
cōnfugiōrum
Dative cōnfugiō cōnfugiīs
Accusative cōnfugium cōnfugia
Ablative cōnfugiō cōnfugiīs
Vocative cōnfugium cōnfugia

1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

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References

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  • confugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • confugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • confugium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • confugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.