perfuga

perfuga

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree
Latin perfugiō
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂
Proto-Italic *-ā
Latin -a
Latin perfuga

    From perfugiō (“desert”) + -a (agent noun suffix).

    Noun

    perfuga m (genitive perfugae); first declension

    1. deserter

    Declension

    First-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative perfuga perfugae
    genitive perfugae perfugārum
    dative perfugae perfugīs
    accusative perfugam perfugās
    ablative perfugā perfugīs
    vocative perfuga perfugae

    References

    • “perfuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “perfuga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “perfuga”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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