fŭgax — Lewis & Short
fŭgax, ācis, adj.fugio,
I apt to flee, flying swiftly, swift, fleet (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; cf. fugitivus).
I Lit.:
fugaces Lyncas et cervos cohibentis arcu,Hor. C. 4, 6, 33; so,
caprea,Verg. A. 10, 724:
ferae,id. ib. 9, 591:
cervi,id. G. 3, 539:
mors et fugacem persequitur virum,Hor. C. 3, 2, 14; cf.:
comes atra (cura) premit sequiturque fugacem,id. S. 2, 7, 115:
Pholoe,who flees from wooers, coy, id. C. 2, 5, 17:
lympha,id. ib. 2, 3, 12.—Comp.:
ventis, volucrique fugacior aurā,Ov. M. 13, 807.—Sup.:
ignavissimus et fugacissimus hostis,Liv. 5, 28, 8.—As a term of vituperation, of a slave:
lurco, edax, furax, fugax,runaway, Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16.—
II Trop.
A Fleeting, transitory: haec omnia quae habent speciem gloriae, contemne: brevia, fugacia, caduca existima; * Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5:
fugaces Labuntur anni,Hor. C. 2, 14, 1: blanditiae, Plin. poët. Ep. 7, 4, 7.—Comp.:
non aliud pomum fugacius,that sooner spoils, Plin. 15, 12, 11, § 40.—Sup.:
bona,Sen. Ep. 74 med.—
B With gen., fleeing, shunning, avoiding a thing:
sollicitaeque fugax ambitionis eram,Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 38:
fugax rerum,id. ib. 3, 2, 9:
fugacissimus gloriae,Sen. Ben. 4, 32.—Hence, adv.: fŭgācĭ-ter, in fleeing; only comp.:
utrum a se audacius an fugacius ab hostibus geratur bellum,whether in prosecuting the war his own boldness or the enemy's disposition to flee was the greater, Liv. 28, 8, 3.