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Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.

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|lshtext=<b>lūcĭfŭga</b>: ae, comm. lux-[[fugio]],<br /><b>I</b> lightfleeing, [[light]]-shunning.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[maritus]], i. e. [[Cupid]] ([[who]] visited [[Psyche]] [[only]] at [[night]]), App. M. 5, p. 167, 5; id. Mag. p. 284, 38.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., one [[who]] turns [[night]] [[into]] [[day]]: [[turba]] lucifugarum, Sen. Ep. 122, 15.
|lshtext=<b>lūcĭfŭga</b>: ae, comm. lux-[[fugio]],<br /><b>I</b> lightfleeing, [[light]]-shunning.<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: [[maritus]], i. e. [[Cupid]] ([[who]] visited [[Psyche]] [[only]] at [[night]]), App. M. 5, p. 167, 5; id. Mag. p. 284, 38.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., one [[who]] turns [[night]] [[into]] [[day]]: [[turba]] lucifugarum, Sen. Ep. 122, 15.
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|gf=<b>lūcĭfŭga</b>,¹⁶ æ, m., c. [[lucifugus]] : Sen. Ep. 122, 15 ; Apul. M. 5, 19.
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Revision as of 06:57, 14 August 2017

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

lūcĭfŭga: ae, comm. lux-fugio,
I lightfleeing, light-shunning.
I Lit.: maritus, i. e. Cupid (who visited Psyche only at night), App. M. 5, p. 167, 5; id. Mag. p. 284, 38.—
II Transf., one who turns night into day: turba lucifugarum, Sen. Ep. 122, 15.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

lūcĭfŭga,¹⁶ æ, m., c. lucifugus : Sen. Ep. 122, 15 ; Apul. M. 5, 19.