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Refugium
Refugium
See also: refugium
German
Noun
Refugium n (genitive Refugiums, plural Refugien)
Declension
refugium
refugium
See also: Refugium
English
Noun
refugium (plural refugia)
- Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
- (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
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | refugium | refugia |
| genitive | refugiī | refugiōrum |
| dative | refugiō | refugiīs |
| accusative | refugium | refugia |
| ablative | refugiō | refugiīs |
| vocative | refugium | refugia |
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)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “refugium”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- refugium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016