LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

refugus1

refugus (feminine refuga, neuter refugum)
Classical[ˈrɛ.fʊ.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.fu.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivefleeing back or away
  2. adjectivereceding, vanishing

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerefugusrefugarefugum
genitiverefugīrefugaerefugī
dativerefugōrefugaerefugō
accusativerefugumrefugamrefugum
ablativerefugōrefugārefugō
vocativerefugerefugarefugum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativerefugīrefugaerefuga
genitiverefugōrumrefugārumrefugōrum
dativerefugīsrefugīsrefugīs
accusativerefugōsrefugāsrefuga
ablativerefugīsrefugīsrefugīs
vocativerefugīrefugaerefuga

rĕfŭgus, a, um, adj. id.,
I. fleeing back, fleeing away, receding, vanishing (poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Virg. or Hor.): unda, Ov. M. 10, 42; cf. flumen (with fugientia poma), id. H. 18, 182: fluctus, Luc. 1, 411: Nilus, id. 8, 526: mare, Stat. Th. 12, 634: latices, Claud. in Ruf. 2, 509: Nilus, Plin. Pan. 30, 4: equites irritato proelio sponte refugi, Tac. H. 2, 24: umbra, vanishing, Val. Fl. 4, 41: refugosque gerens a fronte capillos, flying back, Luc. 10, 132.— With gen. (late Lat.): jejunii, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 20, § 4.—Subst.: rĕfŭgus, i, m.: refugos sequi, fugitives, Tac. A. 13, 40; cf. id. H. 3, 61.

Origins

From refugiō + -us.

noun · masculinesecond declension
refugus2
refugus m (genitive refugī)
Classical[ˈrɛ.fʊ.ɡʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈrɛː.fu.ɡus]

Meaning

  1. masculinerefugee, fugitive

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativerefugusrefugī
genitiverefugīrefugōrum
dativerefugōrefugīs
accusativerefugumrefugōs
ablativerefugōrefugīs
vocativerefugerefugī

Origins

From refugiō + -us.

Quick answers

What does refugus mean in Latin?
refugus, a adjective, means “fleeing back or away; receding, vanishing”.
How do you pronounce refugus?
In classical Latin, [ˈrɛ.fʊ.ɡʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈrɛː.fu.ɡus].