Wednesday, May 13, 2009

profugus, -i, m., an exile

profugus, -i, m., an exile.
Aeneid 1.2: Troiae qui primus ab oris Italiam fato profugus Laviniaque venit litora.
"Who first, an exile by fate, came from the shores of Troy to Italy and the Lavinian shores."
cf. fugio: to flee. Eng. fugitive: one who flees, a refugee.

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