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defugio

defugio · v. a

quin

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Where it lives

Pro Cn. Plancio 4 · 3.44/10k
In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 1 · 2.23/10k
De Provinciis Consularibus In Senatu 1 · 1.95/10k
Pro P. Sulla 1 · 1.07/10k
De Republica 2 · 0.92/10k
Eunuchus 1 · 0.92/10k
Poenulus 1 · 0.91/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 1 · 0.89/10k
Amores 1 · 0.64/10k
De Bello Civili 2 · 0.62/10k
Ab urbe condita, books 1-5 - 5 1 · 0.62/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 2 · 0.43/10k

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

dē-fŭgĭo — Lewis & Short

dē-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. a. and n.

I Act.

A With acc., to run away from; to flee, shun, avoid: fugiendo devitare (class.): aditum alicujus sermonemque, Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7: proelium, id. B. C. 1, 82, 2: patriam, Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34 (dub.): munus, id. ib. 6, 15; id. Att. 8, 3, 4: injurias fortunae defugiendo relinquas, id. Tusc. 5, 41, 118: eam disputationem, id. de Or. 1, 23 fin.: contentiones, inimicitias, vitae dimicationes, id. Planc. 32: auctoritatem, to withdraw from responsibility, Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 98; Cic. Sull. 11, 33 et saep. —

B With quin and subj.: nec tamen defugio quin dicam quae scio, Varr. R. R. 2, 4, 2.—

C Absol., to shun, avoid, escape: rempublicam suscipiant: sin timore defugiant, etc., Caes. B. C. 1, 32, 7.—

II Intrans., to escape by flight, run away: circa ripam Tiberis, quo sinistrum cornu defugit, Liv. 5, 38.

In the wild

defugiendas Cicero, Pro Cn. Plancio 77.p2
defugerim Pliny the Younger, Letters 1.8.17
defugio Augustine, Epistulae. Selections. 11.6
defugit Cicero, De Republica 2.34
defugere Cicero, In P. Vatinium testem interrogatio 34
defugere Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae pr.1.13

6 of 27 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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