diffugio

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fugiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /difˈfu.ɡi.oː/, [d̪ɪfˈfʊɡioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /difˈfu.d͡ʒi.o/, [d̪ifˈfuːd͡ʒio]

Verb

diffugiō (present infinitive diffugere, perfect active diffūgī, supine diffūgitum); third conjugation iō-variant, impersonal in the passive

1. to scatter, disperse or dispel
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.212:

     “Diffugimus vīsū exsanguēs.”

     “Pale [with fear], we scatter at the sight [of the sea serpents].” – Aeneas

2. to flee or run away

   Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, refugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēlābor, ēripiō, lābor

Conjugation

Conjugation of diffugiō (third conjugation iō-variant, impersonal in passive)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffugiō	diffugis	diffugit	diffugimus	diffugitis	diffugiunt
	imperfect	diffugiēbam	diffugiēbās	diffugiēbat	diffugiēbāmus	diffugiēbātis	diffugiēbant
	future	diffugiam	diffugiēs	diffugiet	diffugiēmus	diffugiētis	diffugient
	perfect	diffūgī	diffūgistī	diffūgit	diffūgimus	diffūgistis	diffūgērunt, diffūgēre
	pluperfect	diffūgeram	diffūgerās	diffūgerat	diffūgerāmus	diffūgerātis	diffūgerant
	future perfect	diffūgerō	diffūgeris	diffūgerit	diffūgerimus	diffūgeritis	diffūgerint
passive	present	—	—	diffugitur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	diffugiēbātur	—	—	—
	future	—	—	diffugiētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	diffūgitum est	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	diffūgitum erat	—	—	—
	future perfect	—	—	diffūgitum erit	—	—	—
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	diffugiam	diffugiās	diffugiat	diffugiāmus	diffugiātis	diffugiant
	imperfect	diffugerem	diffugerēs	diffugeret	diffugerēmus	diffugerētis	diffugerent
	perfect	diffūgerim	diffūgerīs	diffūgerit	diffūgerīmus	diffūgerītis	diffūgerint
	pluperfect	diffūgissem	diffūgissēs	diffūgisset	diffūgissēmus	diffūgissētis	diffūgissent
passive	present	—	—	diffugiātur	—	—	—
	imperfect	—	—	diffugerētur	—	—	—
	perfect	—	—	diffūgitum sit	—	—	—
	pluperfect	—	—	diffūgitum esset, diffūgitum foret	—	—	—
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	diffuge	—	—	diffugite	—
	future	—	diffugitō	diffugitō	—	diffugitōte	diffugiuntō
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		diffugere	diffūgisse	diffūgitūrum esse	diffugī	diffūgitum esse	—
participles		diffugiēns	—	diffūgitūrus	—	diffūgitum	diffugiendum, diffugiundum
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		diffugiendī	diffugiendō	diffugiendum	diffugiendō	diffūgitum	diffūgitū

References

• “diffugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “diffugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• diffugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.