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trans-fŭgĭo , fūgi, 3, v. a.,
I.to flee over to the other side, go over to the enemy, desert (very rare; syn. transeo).
I. Lit.: “multi proximā nocte funibus per murum demissi ad Romanos transfugerunt,” Liv. 34, 25, 12: cf. Suet. Ner. 3; Nep. Dat. 6, 3; id. Ages. 6, 2; Auct. B. Hisp. 7, 4; 11, 3; Tac. A. 3, 13; 4, 16.—In a comical transf.: Ep. Ubi arma sunt Stratippocli? Th. Pol illa ad hostes transfugerunt, Plaut. Ep. 1, 1, 28. —
II. Trop.: “non ab afflictā amicitiā transfugere atque ad florentem aliam devolare,” Cic. Quint. 30, 93: “illius oculi atque aures atque opinio Transfugere ad nos,” Plaut. Mil. 2, 6, 107.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Plautus, Miles Gloriosus, 2.6
    • Suetonius, Nero, 3
    • Tacitus, Annales, 3.13
    • Plautus, Epidicus, 1.1
    • Cornelius Nepos, Agesilaus, 6.2
    • Cornelius Nepos, Datames, 6.3
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 34, 25.12
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