lucifuga

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

lūcĭfŭga, ae, comm. [lux-fugio], lightfleeing, light-shunning.

I Lit.: maritus, i. e. Cupid (who visited Psyche only at night), Ap. Met. 5, 19, 7; id. Mag. 17.—

II Transf., one who turns night into day : turba lucifugarum, Sen. Ep. 122, 15.