refugium

rĕfŭgĭum, ii, n. [refugio], a recourse, a taking refuge (mostly post-Aug.; cf.: perfugium, asylum).

Lit. (not in Cic.).

Abstr.:

ad naves,

Front. Strat. 1, 11 fin. — In plur.:

portas refugiis profugorum aperuere,

Just. 11, 4, 9. —

Concr., a place of refuge, a refuge:

silvae tutius dedere refugium,

Liv. 9, 37:

refugium abscondendi causā servo praestare,

Dig. 11, 3, 1, § 2.—In plur., Front. Strat. 1, 3 fin.:

refugia aperire,

Dig. 7, 1, 13, § 7:

quos refugia montium receperunt,

Just. 2, 6, 11.—

Trop., a refuge: regum, populorum, nationum portus erat et refugium senatus, * Cic. Off. 2, 8, 26; Suet. Tib. 35:

Dominus refugium pauperi,

Vulg. Psa. 9, 9.—In plur.:

refugia salutis,

Just. 14, 2, 8.

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refuge

effŭgĭum, ii, n. [effugio], a flecing away, flight (rarely, but class.; cf.:

perfugium, refugium, asylum): effugiumque fugae prolatet copia semper,

Lucr. 1, 983:

effugium praecludere eunti,

id. 3, 523; cf. id. 1, 974:

dare effugium alicui,

Liv. 23, 1, 8; Tac. H. 1, 43:

patēre in publicum,

Liv. 24, [p. 632] 26:

nullam ne ad effugium quidem navem habentibus,

id. 21, 43 et saep.:

mortis,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 64 fin. —In the piur.:

ob nostra effugia,

Verg. A. 2, 140; Tac. A. 12, 56; 15, 63.—

Concr., a means or way of escape:

alias (bestias) habere effugia pennarum,

Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 121; cf. Tac. A. 2, 47; 3, 42; 12, 31; 16, 15; Vulg. 2 Reg. 15, 14.

fīdus, a, um, adj. [fido, that one may rely on], trusty, truslworthy, faithful, sure (class.).

Prop., constr. absol., with dat., poet. also with gen.

Absol.:

nihil est stabile quod infidum... Neque enim fidum potest esse multiplex ingenium et tortuosum,

Cic. Lael. 18, 65; cf.:

(amico) probo et fideli et fido et cum magna fide,

Plaut. Trin. 4, 4, 4:

tum se intellexisse, quos fidos amicos habuisset, quos infidos,

Cic. Lael. 15, 53:

amici,

Hor. Ep. 1, 5, 24:

sodales,

id. S. 2, 1, 30:

fidissima atque optima uxor,

Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 6:

conjux,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 142:

bonus atque fidus judex,

impartial, id. C. 4, 9, 40:

medici,

id. Ep. 1, 8, 9:

interpres,

id. A. P. 133:

fidiora haec genera hominum fore ratus,

Liv. 40, 3, 4:

nihil fidum, nihil exploratum habere,

Cic. Lael. 26, 97:

familiaritates fidae,

id. Off. 2, 8, 30:

canum tam fida custodia,

id. N. D. 2, 63, 158:

vis canum,

Lucr. 6, 1222; cf.:

pectus canum,

id. 5, 864:

pectus,

Hor. C. 2, 12, 16:

fido animo,

firm, steadfast, Liv. 25, 15, 13. —

With dat.:

(servum) quem domino fidissimum credebat,

Liv. 33, 28, 13 (but cf.: fidus est amicus, fidelis servus, Don. Ter. Phorm. 1, 2, 26):

quae fida fuit nulli,

Tib. 1, 6, 77:

nec tibi fidam promittis Lacaenam,

Ov. H. 5, 99:

ne quid usquam fidum proditori esset,

no faith should be kept with a traitor, Liv. 1, 11, 7:

ut eos sibi fidiores redderet,

Just. 16, 5, 2.—

Poet. with gen.:

regina tui fidissima,

most faithful towards you, Verg. A. 12, 659; and with gen. partit.:

juvenum fidos, lectissima bello Corpora, sollicitat pretio,

the trusty ones, trustiest of the youth, Stat. Th. 2, 483.—

With in or ad, and acc.:

in amicos fidissimus,

Eutr. 7, 8:

fidi ad bella duces,

Nemes. Cyn. 82.—

With in and abl.:

sperabam te mihi fidum in hoc nostro amore fore,

Cat. 91, 1 sq. —

Transf., objectively of inanim. and abstr. things, sure, certain, safe, trustworthy (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; in Cic. Att. 9, 6, 10, fuga fida is not critically certain; v. Orell. N. cr. ad loc.).

Absol.:

aures,

Ov. M. 10, 382:

spes fidissima Teucrum,

Verg. A. 2, 281:

ensis,

trusty, id. ib. 6, 524:

alii litora cursu fida petunt,

id. ib. 2, 400:

nec unquam satis fida potentia, ubi nimia est,

Tac. H. 2, 92:

pons validus et fidus,

id. A. 15, 15 fin.:

male fidas provincias,

id. H. 1, 52. —

With dat.:

(oppidum) naviganti celerrimum fidissimumque appulsu,

Tac. A. 3, 1; cf.:

statio male fida carinis,

Verg. A. 2, 23:

montem tantos inter ardores opacum et fidum nivibus,

Tac. H. 5, 6.— Sup.:

nox arcanis fidissima,

Ov. M. 7, 192:

camelino (genitali) arcus intendere, orientis populis fidissimum,

the surest, Plin. 11, 49, 109, § 261:

refugium,

Tac. A. 5, 8. — Hence, adv.: fīde, faithfully, trustily (perh. only in the sup.):

quae mihi a te ad timorem fidissime atque amantissime proponuntur,

Cic. Fam. 2, 16, 4 (al. fidelissime):

fidissime amicissimeque vixerunt,

Gell. 12, 8, 6.

fīdus = foedus, a league, v. 2. foedus init.

lībĕrātor, ōris, m. [id.], a freer, deliverer, liberator:

patriae liberatores,

Cic. Phil. 1, 2, 6:

urbis,

Liv. 1, 60:

nostri liberatores,

Cic. Att. 14, 12, 2:

liberator suus,

Liv. 6, 14: scortorum, * Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 14.—

In apposition: liberator populus,

Liv. 35, 18 fin. —So as an epithet of Jupiter (like Zeus eleutherios):

libare se liquorem illum Jovi liberatori,

Tac. A. 15, 64; 16, 35.—So in eccl. Lat. freq. of God:

refugium meum ac liberator meus,

Vulg. Psa. 17, 3.—

Transf.:

liberator ille populi Romani animus,

Liv. 1, 56.

portus, ūs ( gen. sing. porti, Turp. ap. Non. 491, 20: dat. plur. portibus, Liv. 27, 30, 7 et saep.; a better form than portubus), m. [por, whence porto, portitor].—Prop., an entrance; hence,

A harbor, haven, port: Lunai portus, Enn. ap. Pers. 6, 9 (Ann. v. 16 Vahl.):

portus Caietae,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 12, 33; id. Rep. 3, 31, 43; cf.:

in Graeciae portus,

id. ib. 1, 3, 5:

e portu solvere,

to sail out of port, id. Mur. 2, 4; so,

e portu proficisci,

Caes. B. G. 3, 14:

ex portu exire,

id. B. C. 2, 4:

ex portu naves educere,

id. ib. 1, 57;

2, 22: portum linquere,

Verg. A. 3, 289:

petere,

to sail into, to enter, Cic. Planc. 39, 94; Verg. A. 1, 194:

capere,

Caes. B. G. 4, 36:

occupare,

Hor. Ep. 1, 6, 32:

in portum venire,

to enter the port, Cic. Sen. 19, 71; so,

in portum ex alto invehi,

id. Mur. 2, 4:

in portum deferri,

Auct. Her. 1, 11, 19:

in portum pervenire,

Caes. B. G. 4, 22:

in portum se recipere,

id. B. C. 2, 22:

in portum navim cogere (al. conicere),

Cic. Inv. 2, 32, 98:

in portum penetrare,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 37, § 96:

portum tenere,

to reach a port, id. Fam. 1, 9, 21:

in portum voluntatis deduci,

Vulg. Psa. 106, 30:

in portu operam dare,

to be an officer of the customs, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171; 2, 2, 72, § 176.—With reference to the import-duty to be paid in ports:

ex portu vectigal conservare,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 6, 15; id. Verr. 2, 2, 70, § 171. —Prov.:

in portu navigare,

i. e. to be in safety, out of all danger, Ter. And. 3, 1, 22; so,

in portu esse,

Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 4.—

Poet., transf., the mouth of a river, where it empties into the sea, Ov. H. 14, 107; id. Am. 2, 13, 10.—

Trop., as also the Greek limên, and our haven, a place of refuge, an asylum, retreat (class.; a favorite trope of Cicero): portus corporis, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 107 (Trag. v. 415 Vahl.):

tamquam portum aliquem exspecto illam solitudinem,

Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 255;

so with tamquam,

id. Brut. 2, 8:

se in philosophiae portum conferre,

id. Fam. 7, 30, 2:

regum, populorum, nationum portus erat et refugium senatus,

id. Off. 2, 8, 26:

exsilium non supplicium est, sed perfugium portusque supplicii,

id. Caecin. 34, 100; id. Tusc. 1, 49, 118:

hic portus, haec arx, haec ara sociorum,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 48, § 126; so,

nam mihi parta quies, omnisque in limine portus,

i. e. security is at hand, Verg. A. 7, 598:

venias portus et ara tuis,

Ov. H. 1, 110:

vos eritis nostrae portus et ara fugae,

id. P. 2, 8, 68. —

In the oldest Latinity, a house (as a place which one enters):

portum in XII. pro domo positum omnes fere consentiunt,

Fest. p. 233 Müll.—

A warehouse:

portus appellatus est conclusus locus, quo importantur merces et inde exportantur,

Dig. 50, 16, 59:

Licini,

Cassiod. Var. 1, 25.