- lucifuga
- lūcĭfŭga, ae, comm. [lux-fugio], 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.
Lewis & Short Latin Dictionary, 1879. - Revised, Enlarged, and in Great Part Rewritten. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and Charles Short. 2011.