refugium

From Latin refugium. Doublet of refuge.

refugium (plural refugia or refugiums)

1. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
2. (aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.

• refugial
• microrefugium

From re- (“back, again”) + fugiō (“flee”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /reˈfu.ɡi.um/, [rɛˈfʊ.ɡi.ũ]

refugium n (genitive refugiī); second declension

1. refuge

Second declension.

• refugium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• refugium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• refugium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• refugium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• refugium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

From Latin refugium

refugium n (definite singular refugiet, indefinite plural refugier, definite plural refugia or refugiene)

1. (biology, ecology) a refugium (area where an organism can survive unfavourable conditions)

• “refugium” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).