prŏfŭgus, a, um, adj. [profugio], that flees or has fled, fugitive (not in Cic. or Caes.; cf. fugitivus).
I In gen.: profugus domo, Liv. 1, 1: ex urbe, Tac. H. 4, 49: ex Peloponneso, Liv. 1, 8: e proelio, Tac. H. 2, 46: a proelio, Flor. 4, 2: ad rebelles, Tac. A. 1, 57.—Of animals: boves profugae, Prop. 5, 1, 4: juvenci, Val. Fl. 3, 57: taurus profugus altaribus, Tac. H. 3, 56; cf. currus, Ov. M. 15, 506.—With gen.: Tiridates regni profugus, Tac. A. 15, 1: bis vinculorum (Hannibalis) profugus, escaped from , Plin. 7, 28, 29, § 104.—
B Transf., fleeing hither and thither , vagabond , roving , wandering , unsettled (poet.): profugi Scythae, Hor. C. 1, 35, 9: Scythes, id. 4, 14, 42; Vulg. Gen. 4, 12.—
II In partic., that flees from his native country , fugitive , banished , exiled : Hannibal patriā profugus, Liv. 34, 60: Trojani, qui profugi incertis sedibus vagabantur, Sall. C. 6, 1: fato profugus, Verg. A. 1, 2: classis, Ov. M. 13, 627.—
B Subst.: prŏ-fŭgus , i, and prŏfŭga , ae, m.
1 A fugitive , banished person , exile (poet.): profugus patriam deseras, Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75: profugo affer opem, Ov. P. 2, 9, 6; 3, 6, 40: servi alieni profugae, Ap. Met. 6, 4, 20; cf. Prisc. p. 622 P.—
2 An apostate : reus suae religionis aut profugus, Min. Fel. 35, 6.