confugio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →confugio, confugere, confugi, confugitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flee (for refuge/safety/protection); take refuge; have recourse/appeal to;
sg. pres. act. ind. 1st - Entry →confugium, confugi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sanctuary, refuge, place of refuge; shelter (L+S);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
IV
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...constantiam putatis, infirmitas est. quod ad suprema confugio, animum meum novi. novissima victae mentis integritas..."Aeneid I
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...patris summi qui tela Typhoia temnis, ad te confugio et supplex tua numina posco. Frater ut Aeneas pelago..."Liber X
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...audeo quidem, quamvis maxime possim. Itaque ad vota confugio deosque precor, ut iis, quae in me assidue confers..."
