subfugium

suffŭgĭum ( subf- ), ii, n. [suffugio], a place beneath which one flies for shelter from rain, etc., a shelter, covert (not anteAug.).

I.

Lit.:

quid nisi suffugium nimbos vitantibus essem? Ov. de Nuce, 119: subterranei specus suffugium hiemi,

Tac. G. 16:

propinqua suffugia,

id. A. 4, 47; 3, 74:

suffugia adversus perpetuum caeli rigorem,

Sen. Ira, 1, 11, 3:

suffugium nullum aut imbris aut solis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 39, 2:

ferarum imbriumque,

Tac. G. 46.—

II.

Trop., a refuge, remedy:

haec deverticula suffugia sunt infirmitatis,

Quint. 9, 2, 78:

urgentium malorum,

Tac. A. 4, 66; 14, 58:

pestis,

App. M. 7, p. 196, 30.