per-fŭgĭo — Lewis & Short
per-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. n.,
I to flee to a place for refuge.
I Lit.
A In gen. (rare; ap. Cic. Pis. 36, 89, profugisti is the correct reading.; cf.
confugio): ad aliquem,Liv. 2, 9:
Corinthum,Nep. Dion. 5, 1:
Bactra,Curt. 6, 6, 22:
ad tribunal,Tac. A. 1, 32:
in Capitolium,id. ib. 3, 36.—
B In partic., to go over or desert to the enemy (class.):
nemo a Caesare ad Pompeium transierat, cum paene cotidie a Pompeio ad Caesarem perfugerent,Caes. B. C. 3, 61; Cic. Balb. 9, 24:
servos, qui ad eos perfugissent (al. profugissent), poposcit,Caes. B. G. 1, 27, 3.—
II Trop., to take refuge in any thing (post-class.):
qui cum in culpā et in maleficio revicti sunt, perfugiunt ad fati necessitatem,Gell. 6, 2, 13:
in fidem alicujus,Liv. 28, 7.