refuge
refuge
subs.
P. and V. κᾰτᾰφῠγή, ἡ, ἀ̆ποστροφή, ἡ, P. ἀποφυγή, ἡ, ἀναχώρησις, ἡ.
Place of refuge: also V. πύργος, ὁ.
Fly for refuge, v.: P. and V. κᾰτᾰφεύγειν.
Take refuge in, have recourse to: P. and V. τρέπεσθαι (εἰς or πρός, acc.), P. καταφεύγειν (εἰς or πρός, acc.); see under recourse.
subs.
P. and V. κᾰτᾰφῠγή, ἡ, ἀ̆ποστροφή, ἡ, P. ἀποφυγή, ἡ, ἀναχώρησις, ἡ.
Place of refuge: also V. πύργος, ὁ.
Fly for refuge, v.: P. and V. κᾰτᾰφεύγειν.
Take refuge in, have recourse to: P. and V. τρέπεσθαι (εἰς or πρός, acc.), P. καταφεύγειν (εἰς or πρός, acc.); see under recourse.
REFUGE
perfugium (a secure place of shelter open to all in time of danger; ☞ avoid profugium which is of very doubtful authority): refugium (a place of refuge prepared or at least thought of beforehand in case of a retreat; only once in Cic.; confugium only in the poets; suffugium in Ov. and Tac. is if not a secret at least an occasional and temporary place of shelter from inconveniences Döderlein): asylum (an asylum provided for refugees): receptus (a place of secure retirement): receptaculum (place of retreat shelter): to afford or offer refuge perfugium praebere (Cic.); refugium dare (Liv.): to cut off all hope of refuge excludere aliquem e portu et perfugio (Cic.); ultimum alicui perfugium claudere (Tac.); omnium rerum respectum abscidere alicui (Liv.): to betake one’s self for refuge aliquo confugere perfugere refugere. To take refuge in anybody’s bosom confugere ad alicujus sinum (Plin. Jun.).
perfugium (a secure place of shelter open to all in time of danger; ☞ avoid profugium which is of very doubtful authority): refugium (a place of refuge prepared or at least thought of beforehand in case of a retreat; only once in Cic.; confugium only in the poets; suffugium in Ov. and Tac. is if not a secret at least an occasional and temporary place of shelter from inconveniences Döderlein): asylum (an asylum provided for refugees): receptus (a place of secure retirement): receptaculum (place of retreat shelter): to afford or offer refuge perfugium praebere (Cic.); refugium dare (Liv.): to cut off all hope of refuge excludere aliquem e portu et perfugio (Cic.); ultimum alicui perfugium claudere (Tac.); omnium rerum respectum abscidere alicui (Liv.): to betake one’s self for refuge aliquo confugere perfugere refugere. To take refuge in anybody’s bosom confugere ad alicujus sinum (Plin. Jun.).
refuge:
1. perfŭgium (the most gen. term): sleep seems to be the r. from toils and anxieties, p. videtur laborum et sollicitudinum esse somnus, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: to afford a r., p. praebere, id. Arch. 7, 16: in Caesar there was a r. for the unfortunate, in Caesare p. miseris erat, Sall. Cat. 54: to avail oneself of a r., perfugio uti, Caes. B. G. 4, 38: to close the last r. against the vanquished, ultimum victis p. claudere, Tac. Agr. 25. Join: portus ac p., Cic. Clu. 3, 7.
2. rĕfŭgium (once fig. in Cic.): the woods afforded a safer r., silvae tutius dedere r., Liv. 9, 37, ad fin.: to afford a r. to a runaway slave, p. servo praestare, Ulp. Dig. 11, 3, 1, § 2: the senate was the harbour of r., portus erat et r. senatus, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 26.
3. suffŭgium (covert, shelter): underground caves, a r. against the winter, subterranei specus, s. hiemi, Tac. G. 16: the sole r. from impending evils, unum urgentium malorum s., id. A. 4, 66.
4. confŭgium (poet. and very rare): Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 2.
5. rĕceptācŭlum (a lurking-place, retreat): (Sicily), the r. of our fleets, r. classibus nostris, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3: r. of deserters, r. perfugarum, Tac. A. 14, 29: a place of r. after a defeat, r. adversae pugnae, Liv. 6, 33, ad init. (N.B.--It is a much weaker expr. than the preced.; hence Liv. writes, castra sunt victori r., victo perfugium, 44, 39.)
6. dēvertĭcŭlum (a place to which one may turn aside): lest a r. should be afforded for crimes, ne d. peccatis darentur, Cic. Part. Or. 39, 136: Quint. 9, 2, 78 (syn. with suffugium).
7. respectus, ūs (a retreat): if there is no r. elsewhere than among the Romans, si nullus alio sit quam ad Romanos r., Liv. 42, 46: a most glorious r., r. pulcherrimus, Cic. Phil. 10. 4, 9.
8. ăsȳlum (a sanctuary): to flee to a place of r., in a. confugere, Cic. Verr. 1, 33, 85: Virg.: Liv.
9. subsĭdium (support; something to fall back upon): there were scarcely a few places of r. for vessels of a moderate size, vix modicis navigiis pauca s., Tac. A. 4, 67: no other r. than the compassion of Caesar, non aliud s. quam misericordia Caesaris, id. A. 2, 63, ad init.: to provide a r., s. comparare, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199.
10. expr. by several metaphors: (i.) portus (a harbour): there was a r. in him against whom they bore arms, p. fuit apud eum contra quem arma tulerunt, Cic. Verr. 5, 58, 153. Join: p. et perfugium, Cic. Clu. 3, 8. (ii.) arx (the stronghold), the r. of profligate citizens, a. civium perditorum, Cic. Pis. 5, 11 (joined with receptaculum): Liv. 7, 29. (iii.) praesĭdium (defence: r. against an attack): illustrious r. for sorrowing prisoners, insigne maestis p. reis, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 13. (N.B.--Receptus in Virg. Aen. 11, 529, is doubtful: al. recessus: cf. Liv. 44, 39.) Phr.: they had no place of r., quo se reciperent non habebant, Caes. B. G. 4, 38: to have a place of r., habere quo confugere possis, Cic. Fam. 4, 6. 2.
1. perfŭgium (the most gen. term): sleep seems to be the r. from toils and anxieties, p. videtur laborum et sollicitudinum esse somnus, Cic. Div. 2, 72, 150: to afford a r., p. praebere, id. Arch. 7, 16: in Caesar there was a r. for the unfortunate, in Caesare p. miseris erat, Sall. Cat. 54: to avail oneself of a r., perfugio uti, Caes. B. G. 4, 38: to close the last r. against the vanquished, ultimum victis p. claudere, Tac. Agr. 25. Join: portus ac p., Cic. Clu. 3, 7.
2. rĕfŭgium (once fig. in Cic.): the woods afforded a safer r., silvae tutius dedere r., Liv. 9, 37, ad fin.: to afford a r. to a runaway slave, p. servo praestare, Ulp. Dig. 11, 3, 1, § 2: the senate was the harbour of r., portus erat et r. senatus, Cic. Off. 2, 8, 26.
3. suffŭgium (covert, shelter): underground caves, a r. against the winter, subterranei specus, s. hiemi, Tac. G. 16: the sole r. from impending evils, unum urgentium malorum s., id. A. 4, 66.
4. confŭgium (poet. and very rare): Ov. Tr. 5, 6, 2.
5. rĕceptācŭlum (a lurking-place, retreat): (Sicily), the r. of our fleets, r. classibus nostris, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 3: r. of deserters, r. perfugarum, Tac. A. 14, 29: a place of r. after a defeat, r. adversae pugnae, Liv. 6, 33, ad init. (N.B.--It is a much weaker expr. than the preced.; hence Liv. writes, castra sunt victori r., victo perfugium, 44, 39.)
6. dēvertĭcŭlum (a place to which one may turn aside): lest a r. should be afforded for crimes, ne d. peccatis darentur, Cic. Part. Or. 39, 136: Quint. 9, 2, 78 (syn. with suffugium).
7. respectus, ūs (a retreat): if there is no r. elsewhere than among the Romans, si nullus alio sit quam ad Romanos r., Liv. 42, 46: a most glorious r., r. pulcherrimus, Cic. Phil. 10. 4, 9.
8. ăsȳlum (a sanctuary): to flee to a place of r., in a. confugere, Cic. Verr. 1, 33, 85: Virg.: Liv.
9. subsĭdium (support; something to fall back upon): there were scarcely a few places of r. for vessels of a moderate size, vix modicis navigiis pauca s., Tac. A. 4, 67: no other r. than the compassion of Caesar, non aliud s. quam misericordia Caesaris, id. A. 2, 63, ad init.: to provide a r., s. comparare, Cic. de Or. 1, 45, 199.
10. expr. by several metaphors: (i.) portus (a harbour): there was a r. in him against whom they bore arms, p. fuit apud eum contra quem arma tulerunt, Cic. Verr. 5, 58, 153. Join: p. et perfugium, Cic. Clu. 3, 8. (ii.) arx (the stronghold), the r. of profligate citizens, a. civium perditorum, Cic. Pis. 5, 11 (joined with receptaculum): Liv. 7, 29. (iii.) praesĭdium (defence: r. against an attack): illustrious r. for sorrowing prisoners, insigne maestis p. reis, Hor. Od. 2, 1, 13. (N.B.--Receptus in Virg. Aen. 11, 529, is doubtful: al. recessus: cf. Liv. 44, 39.) Phr.: they had no place of r., quo se reciperent non habebant, Caes. B. G. 4, 38: to have a place of r., habere quo confugere possis, Cic. Fam. 4, 6. 2.
refuge, flee for, take:
1. confŭgio, fūgi, 3 (constr. with in with acc., ad, or adv. of direction): to flee for r. to the ships, in naves c., Caes. B. C. 3, 9, ad fin. we flee to thee for r., ad te confugimus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5: to take r. at the altar, c. in aram, id. ib. 1, 35, 85: to take r. in your good faith, in tuam fidem c., id. Quint. 2, 10: to flee for r. to the aid of judges, ad opem judicum c., id. Fontei. 11, 23.
2. perfŭgio, fūgi, 3 (constr. with acc. of place, ad, or adv. of direction): after fleeing to the judgment-seat for r., quum perfugisset ad tribunal, Tac. A. 1, 32; thither all the crowd fled for r., eo omnis turba perfugit, Liv. 1, 8, ad fin.: to take r. in Bactra, Bactra p.. Curt. 6, 6, 22.
3. prŏfŭgio, fūgi, 3: to flee for r. to Brutus, p. ad Brutum, Cic. Att. 15, 21: Caes.
4. rĕfŭgio, fūgi, 3: to take r. with the ambassadors, r. ad legatos, Cic. Deiot. 11, 32: the townsmen took r. in the citadel, in arcem oppidani refugere, Liv. 6, 34.
5. dēcurro, cŭcurri or curri, cursum, 3 (run for help): v.HAVE RECOURSE TO . Phr. to take r. in philosophy, in philosophiae portum se conferre, Cic. Fam. 7, 30, 2.
1. confŭgio, fūgi, 3 (constr. with in with acc., ad, or adv. of direction): to flee for r. to the ships, in naves c., Caes. B. C. 3, 9, ad fin. we flee to thee for r., ad te confugimus, Cic. Tusc. 5, 2, 5: to take r. at the altar, c. in aram, id. ib. 1, 35, 85: to take r. in your good faith, in tuam fidem c., id. Quint. 2, 10: to flee for r. to the aid of judges, ad opem judicum c., id. Fontei. 11, 23.
2. perfŭgio, fūgi, 3 (constr. with acc. of place, ad, or adv. of direction): after fleeing to the judgment-seat for r., quum perfugisset ad tribunal, Tac. A. 1, 32; thither all the crowd fled for r., eo omnis turba perfugit, Liv. 1, 8, ad fin.: to take r. in Bactra, Bactra p.. Curt. 6, 6, 22.
3. prŏfŭgio, fūgi, 3: to flee for r. to Brutus, p. ad Brutum, Cic. Att. 15, 21: Caes.
4. rĕfŭgio, fūgi, 3: to take r. with the ambassadors, r. ad legatos, Cic. Deiot. 11, 32: the townsmen took r. in the citadel, in arcem oppidani refugere, Liv. 6, 34.
5. dēcurro, cŭcurri or curri, cursum, 3 (run for help): v.