refugium

See also: Refugium

English

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Noun

refugium (plural refugia)

  1. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
  2. (aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.

Derived terms

Latin

Etymology

From re- (“back, again”) + fugiō (“flee”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /reˈfu.ɡi.um/, [rɛˈfʊ.ɡi.ũ]

Noun

refugium n (genitive refugiī); second declension

  1. refuge

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative refugium refugia
genitive refugiī refugiōrum
dative refugiō refugiīs
accusative refugium refugia
ablative refugiō refugiīs
vocative refugium refugia

Descendants

References

  • refugium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • refugium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • refugium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • refugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • refugium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
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