LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird (-iō variant) conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive

refugiō

refugiō (present infinitive refugere, perfect active refūgī)
Classical[rɛˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]Ecclesiastical[reˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]

Meaning

  1. impersonalto run away, flee or escape
  2. impersonalto avoid, shun a thing

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

Conjugation

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.refugiōrefugiēbamrefugiamrefūgīrefūgeramrefūgerō
2nd sg.refugisrefugiēbāsrefugiēsrefūgistīrefūgerāsrefūgeris
3rd sg.refugitrefugiēbatrefugietrefūgitrefūgeratrefūgerit
1st pl.refugimusrefugiēbāmusrefugiēmusrefūgimusrefūgerāmusrefūgerimus
2nd pl.refugitisrefugiēbātisrefugiētisrefūgistisrefūgerātisrefūgeritis
3rd pl.refugiuntrefugiēbantrefugientrefūgērunt
refūgēre
refūgerantrefūgerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.refugiamrefugeremrefūgerimrefūgissem
2nd sg.refugiāsrefugerēsrefūgerīsrefūgissēs
3rd sg.refugiatrefugeretrefūgeritrefūgisset
1st pl.refugiāmusrefugerēmusrefūgerīmusrefūgissēmus
2nd pl.refugiātisrefugerētisrefūgerītisrefūgissētis
3rd pl.refugiantrefugerentrefūgerintrefūgissent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.———
2nd sg.———
3rd sg.refugiturrefugiēbāturrefugiētur
1st pl.———
2nd pl.———
3rd pl.———
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.——
2nd sg.——
3rd sg.refugiāturrefugerētur
1st pl.——
2nd pl.——
3rd pl.——
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.refuge—
pres. 2nd pl.refugite—
fut. 2nd sg.refugitō—
fut. 3rd sg.refugitōrefugitor
fut. 2nd pl.refugitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.refugiuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiverefugererefugī
perfect infinitiverefūgisse—
present participlerefugiēns—
future participle—refugiendum
refugiundum
gerundrefugiendī, refugiendō, refugiendum

rĕ-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. n. and a.
I. (freq. and class.).
I. Neutr., to flee back; to run away, flee, escape.
A. Lit.: ex alto, Caes. B. C. 2, 23; cf.: ex castris in montem, id. ib. 3, 99 fin.: ex caede in castra, Hirt. B. G. 8, 36: ex cursu ad Philippum, Liv. 23, 39: a Parthiā, Just. 42, 5, 3: acie refugere, Caes. B. C. 3, 95: velocissime, id. B. G. 5, 35.— Absol., Caes. B. G. 7, 31; id. B. C. 3, 40; 3, 101; Liv. 2, 50; 31, 36; Verg. A. 12, 449.— With acc. of distance: mille fugit refugitque vias (cervus), Verg. A. 12, 753: admissis equis ad suos refugerunt, Caes. B. C. 2, 34: ad urbem, Liv. 43, 47 fin.: in portum, Caes. B. C. 3, 24: in aquam, Liv. 21, 28: in silvam, Verg. A. 3, 258: in nemus, id. ib. 6, 472: intra tecta, id. ib. 7, 500: per devios tramites, Suet. Aug. 16: Syracusas, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101: domum, Suet. Caes. 16. —
2. Of things: refugiat timido sanguen, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; and id. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. v. 46 Vahl.): (sol) ubi medio refugerit orbe, shrinks from sight, Verg. G. 1, 442: vites a caulibus ut a pestiferis et nocentibus refugere dicuntur, Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120: refugere oculi, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26: quo pridie refugisset (mare), Curt. 9, 9, 26.—
b. Of places, to run back, recede in the distance: refugit ab litore templum, Verg. A. 3, 536; cf. Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76: ex oculis visa refugit humus, flees, disappears, vanishes, Ov. F. 3, 590: nam praestat a mari longo potius intervallo quam brevi refugisse (villas), Col. 1, 5, 6.—
B. Trop.: ne recordatione mei casus a consiliis fortibus refugiatis, Cic. Sest. 23, 51: ab institutā consuetudine, id. Att. 1, 1, 4: ab hac orationis turpitudine, id. Cael. 17, 41: a genere hoc toto sermonis, id. de Or. 1, 22, 99: a dicendo, id. ib. 2, 3, 10: dum recordationes fugio . . . refugio a te admonendo, id. Att. 12, 18, 1; cf.: ab iis quae laedunt, Quint. 4, 1, 44: animus luctu refugit, Verg. A. 2, 12: refugit animus eaque dicere reformidat, Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9: possum multa tibi veterum praecépta referre, Ni refugis, if you do not decline (to hear them), Verg. G. 1, 177. —
2. Pregn., to flee, to take refuge with a person or thing: ad legatos, Cic. Deiot. 11, 32: in arcem majorem, Liv. 38, 29: ad planctus, Stat. S. 5, 1, 30: ad carminis tranquillitatem tamquam ad portum faciliorem, Petr. 118, 2.—
II. Act., to flee back, run away from any thing; to avoid, shun a thing.
A. Lit.: judicem, Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45: impetum armati Antiochi ceterorumque tela atque incursus refugit, id. Caecin. 8, 22: quod autem refugit (animal), id contra naturam est, id. N. D. 3, 13, 33: non modo id refugisti, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40: C. Cassium obvium sibi, Suet. Caes. 63: trepidus repente refugit Attollentem iras (anguem), Verg. A. 2, 380: (Cupido) refugit te, Hor. C. 4, 13, 10.— Poet., with inf.: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton, Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 5.—
B. Trop. (freq. after the Aug. per.): refugit Foeda ministeria, Verg. A. 7, 618: vicina jurgia, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 171: mandatum opus, Ov. H. 14, 50: haec vitia, Quint. 4, 2, 43: delicatam modulandi voluptatem, id. 9, 4, 31: distinctionem quaestionum, id. 4, 5, 6: id quod malum casurum putat refugit mens, Varr. L. L. 6, § 48 Miill.: et alia, quae nunc memoriam meam refugiunt, escape my memory, Col. 12, 52, 8: mortem natura refugit, Aug. Serm. 172, 1.

Origins

From re- + fugiō.

Descendants
  • Italianrifuggire
  • Frenchrefuir
  • Spanishrehuir

Quick answers

What does refugiō mean in Latin?
refugiō, a verb, means “to run away, flee or escape; to avoid, shun a thing”.
What are the principal parts of refugiō?
refugiō, refugere (third (-iō variant) conjugation, no supine stem, impersonal in the passive).
How do you pronounce refugiō?
In classical Latin, [rɛˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [reˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o].