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lucifuga
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1.
LNS
lūcifuga, lūcifugae
luxfugio
noun (c., 1
st
declension)
lightfleeing, light-shunning
one who turns night into day
Abbreviations
lūcifuga, ae, comm.
lux-fugio, lightfleeing, light-shunning. Lit.: maritus, i. e. Cupid (who visited Psyche only at night), App. M. 5, p. 167, 5; id. Mag. p. 284, 38.
— Transf., one who turns night into day: turba lucifugarum, Sen. Ep. 122, 15.
