I.to flee to a place for refuge.
I. Lit.
A. In gen. (rare; ap. Cic. Pis. 36, 89, profugisti is the correct reading.; cf. “confugio): ad aliquem,” Liv. 2, 9: “Corinthum,” Nep. Dion. 5, 1: “Bactra,” Curt. 6, 6, 22: “ad tribunal,” Tac. A. 1, 32: “in Capitolium,” id. ib. 3, 36.—
B. In partic., to go over or desert to the enemy (class.): “nemo a Caesare ad Pompeium transierat, cum paene cotidie a Pompeio ad Caesarem perfugerent,” Caes. B. C. 3, 61; Cic. Balb. 9, 24: “servos, qui ad eos perfugissent (al. profugissent), poposcit,” Caes. B. G. 1, 27, 3.—
II. Trop., to take refuge in any thing (post-class.): “qui cum in culpā et in maleficio revicti sunt, perfugiunt ad fati necessitatem,” Gell. 6, 2, 13: “in fidem alicujus,” Liv. 28, 7.
