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prŏfŭga, ae, m., collat. form of profugus, II. B., q. v.

prŏ-fŭgĭo (with first syll. long, Juvenc. 2, 477), fūgi, 3, v. a. and n.

  1. I. Act., to flee before or from, to flee, fly from any thing (poet. and post-Aug.): Phocaeorum Velut profugit execrata civitas Agros, Hor. Epod. 16, 18: conspectum conversationemque civium suorum profugit, Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 17 (36), 4: sedes suas, Col. 1, 3, 6: natos, Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 14: dominos, Curt. 10, 2, 20; Sen. Herc. Fur. 977.
  2. II. Neutr., to flee, run away, escape (class.): domo profugiens, Plaut. Capt. prol. 18: pedibus Hadrumetum profugerat, Caes. B. C. 2, 23: Babyloniam, Just. 11, 12, 1: Cirtam, Sall. J. 21, 2; 23, 2: aliquo, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 31: longius, Hirt. B. G. 8, 13: istinc, Cic. Sen. 14, 47: ex oppido, Caes. B. G. 7, 11: in Britanniam, id. ib. 2, 14: domo, Cic. Brut. 89, 306; Liv. 1, 59: cum vi prope justorum armorum profugisset, Cic. Sest. 22, 50 B. and K. (Klotz, vim): in exsilium, id. Dom. 32, 86: ex proelio in provinciam, Sall. J. 13, 4: e carcere, Vell. 2, 19, 3; 2, 30, 5.
    1. B. In partic., to flee for succor to one, take refuge with one (class.): se profugere ad Brutum, Cic. Att. 15, 21, 1: ad Ciceronem, Caes. B. G. 5, 44; Sall. J. 74, 1; Just. 13, 8, 2.

prŏfŭgus, a, um, adj. [profugio], that flees or has fled, fugitive (not in Cic. or Cæs.; cf. fugitivus).

  1. I. In gen.: profugus domo, Liv. 1, 1: ex urbe, Tac. H. 4, 49: ex Peloponneso, Liv. 1, 8: e proelio, Tac. H. 2, 46: a proelio, Flor. 4, 2: ad rebelles, Tac. A. 1, 57.
    Of animals: boves profugae, Prop. 5, 1, 4: juvenci, Val. Fl. 3, 57: taurus profugus altaribus, Tac. H. 3, 56; cf. currus, Ov. M. 15, 506.
    With gen.: Tiridates regni profugus, Tac. A. 15, 1: bis vinculorum (Hannibalis) profugus, escaped from, Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104.
    1. 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.
  2. 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.
    1. B. Subst.: prŏ-fŭgus, i, and prŏfŭga, ae, m.
      1. 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. 2. An apostate: reus suae religionis aut profugus, Min. Fel. 35, 6.