refugium

See also: Refugium

English

Etymology

From Latin refugium. Doublet of refuge.

Noun

refugium (plural refugia or refugiums)

1. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
2. (aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.

Derived terms

• refugial
• microrefugium

Translations

habitat

• Norwegian:

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Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) + fugiō (“flee”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /reˈfu.ɡi.um/, [rɛˈfʊɡiʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /reˈfu.d͡ʒi.um/, [reˈfuːd͡ʒium]

Noun

refugium n (genitive refugiī or refugī); second declension

1. refuge

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	refugium	refugia
Genitive	refugiī refugī1	refugiōrum
Dative	refugiō	refugiīs
Accusative	refugium	refugia
Ablative	refugiō	refugiīs
Vocative	refugium	refugia

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

Descendants

• Asturian: refuxu
• Catalan: refugi
• English: refugium
• Galician: refuxio
• German: Refugium
• Italian: rifugio

• Old French: refuge
  • English: refuge
  • French: refuge
• Portuguese: refúgio
• Spanish: refugio

References

• “refugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “refugium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• refugium 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)
• refugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• refugium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin refugium

Noun

refugium n (definite singular refugiet, indefinite plural refugier, definite plural refugia or refugiene)

1. (biology, ecology) a refugium (area where an organism can survive unfavourable conditions)

References

• “refugium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).