noun
transfŭgĭum
Meaning
- a going over to the enemy
transfŭgĭum, ii, n. transfugio.
I. Lit., a going over to the enemy, desertion (very rare):
ut transfugia impeditiora essent, Liv. 22, 43, 5: crebra, ut in civili bello, Tac. H. 2, 34; 4, 70; id. A. 2, 46. — II. Transf.:
sacrarii, a migrating to Rome, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 503: ad Christum de circumcisione, conversion, Sid. Ep. 8, 13.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
trānsfugium ī, n
trans+2 FVG-, a going over to the enemy, desertion , L.