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prŏfŭgus , a, um, adj. profugio,
I.that flees or has fled, fugitive (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. fugitivus).
B. Transf., fleeing hither and thither, vagabond, roving, wandering, unsettled (poet.): “profugi Scythae,Hor. C. 1, 35, 9: “Scythes,id. 4, 14, 42; Vulg. Gen. 4, 12.—
II. In partic., that flees from his native country, fugitive, banished, exiled: “Hannibal patriā profugus,Liv. 34, 60: “Trojani, qui profugi incertis sedibus vagabantur,Sall. C. 6, 1: “fato profugus,Verg. A. 1, 2: “classis,Ov. M. 13, 627.—
B. Subst.: prŏ-fŭgus , i, and prŏfŭga , ae, m.
1. A fugitive, banished person, exile (poet.): “profugus patriam deseras,Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75: “profugo affer opem,Ov. P. 2, 9, 6; 3, 6, 40: “servi alieni profugae,App. M. 6, p. 175, 7; cf. Prisc. p. 622 P.—
2. An apostate: “reus suae religionis aut profugus,Min. Fel. 35, 6.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 13.627
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 1.2
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 4.12
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 15.506
    • Tacitus, Annales, 15.1
    • Tacitus, Annales, 1.57
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 2.46
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.56
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 4.49
    • Plautus, Trinummus, 3.2
    • Sallust, Catilinae Coniuratio, 6
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 8
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 1, 1
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 60
    • C. Valerius Flaccus, Argonautica, 3.57
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 2.9
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