lucifugus

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

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

lūcifugus, a, um (lux u. fugio), I) lichtscheu, blatta, Colum. 9, 7, 5. Verg. georg. 4, 243 u. (Ggstz. musca lucipeta) Isid. orig. 12, 8, 7: noctua, Anthol. Lat. 726, 40 (233, 40). – übtr., v. Menschen, lichtscheu, menschenscheu, latebrosa et lucifuga natio, Min. Fel. 8, 4 H. (die Hdschr. lucifugax). – subst., Plur., Cic. de fin. 1, 61. – II) prägn., der Nachtschwärmer, Lucil. 468. Vgl. lucifuga no. II.

lucifugus [CL] , a avoiding daylight; b (of night) devoid of light, dark. a [if correctly referred here; lucifuga 2b] GlH B 468; temptat temere / talpa lucifuga [v. l. lucifaga] de luce scribere (i. e. the poet writes of the BVM) Walt. Wimb. Carm. 191.  b adveniente ~e noctis silencio Mir. Hen. VI II 32.

lūcĭfŭgus, (16) a, um (lux, fugio), qui fuit le jour, lucifuge : Virg. G. 4, 243 ; lucifuga avis Isid. Orig. 12, 8, 7, oiseau de nuit || [fig.] Cic. Fin. 1, 61.

lucifugus , a, um. adj.
避光者。

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lūcifugus adj.

• lux+2 FVG-, light-shunning: blattae, V.: (homines), shy.