The corpus record — Latin

lucifugus

lucifugus · adj

light-shunning

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Distribution

Adversus Valentinianos 1 · 1.57/10k
Octavius 1 · 0.86/10k
Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Apologia 1 · 0.47/10k
De Carnis Resurrectione 1 · 0.44/10k
de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1 · 0.2/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k
Naturalis Historia 1 · 0.03/10k

Senses

lūcĭfŭgus — Lewis & Short

light-shunning

Attestations

lucifugae Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 16.7.7
lucifuga Apuleius, Apologia 17.p1
lucifugam Apuleius, Metamorphoses 5.19.p1
lucifugi Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum 1.61
lucifugaeque Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.7.5
lucifuga Minucius Felix, Octavius 8.4

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