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transfugium

transfugium, a going over to the enemy, desertion

transfŭgĭum, ii, n. [transfugio].
  • Lit., a going over to the enemy, desertion (very rare): ut transfugia impeditiora essent, Liv. 22, 43, 5: crebra, ut in civili bello, Tac. H. 2, 34; 4, 70; id. A. 2, 46. —
  • II Transf.: sacrarii, a migrating to Rome, Prud. adv. Symm. 2, 503: ad Christum de circumcisione, conversion, Sid. Ep. 8, 13.

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