Lewis & Short

Parsing inflected forms may not always work as expected. If the following does not give the correct word, try Latin Words or Perseus.

lūcĭfŭga, ae, comm. [lux-fugio], lightfleeing, light-shunning.

  1. I. Lit.: maritus, i. e. Cupid (who visited Psyche only at night), App. M. 5, p. 167, 5; id. Mag. p. 284, 38.
  2. II. Transf., one who turns night into day: turba lucifugarum, Sen. Ep. 122, 15.

lūcĭfŭgus, a, um, adj. [lux-fugio], light-shunning.

  1. I. Lit.: blattae, Verg. G. 4, 243; Isid. 12, 8, 7.
  2. II. Trop.: lucifugus, nebulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 19, 1: homines, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61: natio, Min. Fel. 8, 4.