lucifugus

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

lūcĭfŭgus, a, um, adj. [lux-fugio], light-shunning.

I Lit.: blattae, Verg. G. 4, 243; Isid. 12, 8, 7.—

II Trop.: lucifugus, nebulo, Lucil. ap. Non. 19, 1: homines, Cic. Fin. 1, 18, 61: natio, Min. Fel. 8, 4.

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