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transfugio

transfugio, to flee to the other side, go over to the enemy, desert

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transfugiens Verb: present active participle feminine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle masculine vocative singular, Verb: present active participle feminine nominative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter accusative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter vocative singular, Verb: present active participle neuter nominative singular of transfugio

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trans-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. a., to flee over to the other side, go over to the enemy, desert (very rare; syn. transeo).
  • I Lit.: multi proximā nocte funibus per murum demissi ad Romanos transfugerunt, Liv. 34, 25, 12: cf. Suet. Ner. 3; Nep. Dat. 6, 3; id. Ages. 6, 2; Auct. B. Hisp. 7, 4; 11, 3; Tac. A. 3, 13; 4, 16.—In a comical transf.: Ep. Ubi arma sunt Stratippocli? Th. Pol illa ad hostes transfugerunt, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 28 (28). —
  • II Trop.: non ab afflictā amicitiā transfugere atque ad florentem aliam devolare, Cic. Quint. 30, 93: illius oculi atque aures atque opinio Transfugere ad nos, Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 107 (587).

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