English → Latin
“refuge” in Latin
perfugiumrefuge, shelter; asylum (political)refugiumrefugeasȳlumasylum (place of refuge), sanctuaryrecipiōto take back, (i.e., regain possession of something); to recapture; to receive, accept, admitreceptāculumA place to keep things in; reservoir, receptacle, repository, container.; A place of refuge, lurking-place, shelter, retsuffŭgĭuma place beneath which one flies
The English word refuge itself goes back to Latin fugiō, through refugium.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
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 Ovid and Tac., is, if not a secret, at least an occasional and temporary place of shelter from inconveniences, Döderlein): asylum (an asylum provded 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.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for refuge?
- The usual Latin words for “refuge” are perfugium, refugium, asȳlum; also recipiō, receptāculum, suffŭgĭum. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.