rĕ-fŭgĭo — Lewis & Short
rĕ-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. n. and
I a. (freq. and class.).
I Neutr., to flee back; to run away, flee, escape.
A Lit.:
ex alto,Caes. B. C. 2, 23; cf.:
ex castris in montem,id. ib. 3, 99 fin.:
ex caede in castra,Hirt. B. G. 8, 36:
ex cursu ad Philippum,Liv. 23, 39:
a Parthiā,Just. 42, 5, 3:
acie refugere,Caes. B. C. 3, 95:
velocissime,id. B. G. 5, 35.— Absol., Caes. B. G. 7, 31; id. B. C. 3, 40; 3, 101; Liv. 2, 50; 31, 36; Verg. A. 12, 449.— With acc. of distance:
mille fugit refugitque vias (cervus),Verg. A. 12, 753:
admissis equis ad suos refugerunt,Caes. B. C. 2, 34:
ad urbem,Liv. 43, 47 fin.:
in portum,Caes. B. C. 3, 24:
in aquam,Liv. 21, 28:
in silvam,Verg. A. 3, 258:
in nemus,id. ib. 6, 472:
intra tecta,id. ib. 7, 500:
per devios tramites,Suet. Aug. 16:
Syracusas,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101:
domum,Suet. Caes. 16. —
2 Of things: refugiat timido sanguen, Enn. ap. Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 218; and id. Fin. 5, 11, 31 (Trag. v. 46 Vahl.):
(sol) ubi medio refugerit orbe,shrinks from sight, Verg. G. 1, 442:
vites a caulibus ut a pestiferis et nocentibus refugere dicuntur,Cic. N. D. 2, 47, 120: refugere oculi, Poët. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 12, 26:
quo pridie refugisset (mare),Curt. 9, 9, 26.—
b Of places, to run back, recede in the distance:
refugit ab litore templum,Verg. A. 3, 536; cf. Plin. 4, 12, 24, § 76:
ex oculis visa refugit humus,flees, disappears, vanishes, Ov. F. 3, 590:
nam praestat a mari longo potius intervallo quam brevi refugisse (villas),Col. 1, 5, 6.—
B Trop.:
ne recordatione mei casus a consiliis fortibus refugiatis,Cic. Sest. 23, 51:
ab institutā consuetudine,id. Att. 1, 1, 4:
ab hac orationis turpitudine,id. Cael. 17, 41:
a genere hoc toto sermonis,id. de Or. 1, 22, 99:
a dicendo,id. ib. 2, 3, 10:
dum recordationes fugio . . . refugio a te admonendo,id. Att. 12, 18, 1; cf.:
ab iis quae laedunt,Quint. 4, 1, 44:
animus luctu refugit,Verg. A. 2, 12:
refugit animus eaque dicere reformidat,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9: possum multa tibi veterum praecépta referre, Ni refugis, if you do not decline (to hear them), Verg. G. 1, 177. —
2 Pregn., to flee, to take refuge with a person or thing:
ad legatos,Cic. Deiot. 11, 32:
in arcem majorem,Liv. 38, 29:
ad planctus,Stat. S. 5, 1, 30:
ad carminis tranquillitatem tamquam ad portum faciliorem,Petr. 118, 2.—
II Act., to flee back, run away from any thing; to avoid, shun a thing.
A Lit.:
judicem,Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45: impetum armati Antiochi ceterorumque tela atque incursus refugit, id. Caecin. 8, 22:
quod autem refugit (animal), id contra naturam est,id. N. D. 3, 13, 33:
non modo id refugisti,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40:
C. Cassium obvium sibi,Suet. Caes. 63:
trepidus repente refugit Attollentem iras (anguem),Verg. A. 2, 380:
(Cupido) refugit te,Hor. C. 4, 13, 10.— Poet., with inf.:
nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton,Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 5.—
B Trop. (freq. after the Aug. per.):
refugit Foeda ministeria,Verg. A. 7, 618:
vicina jurgia,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 171:
mandatum opus,Ov. H. 14, 50:
haec vitia,Quint. 4, 2, 43:
delicatam modulandi voluptatem,id. 9, 4, 31:
distinctionem quaestionum,id. 4, 5, 6:
id quod malum casurum putat refugit mens,Varr. L. L. 6, § 48 Miill.:
et alia, quae nunc memoriam meam refugiunt,escape my memory, Col. 12, 52, 8:
mortem natura refugit,Aug. Serm. 172, 1.