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vitabundus

vitabundus · adj

shunning

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What it meant

vītābundus — Lewis & Short

vītābundus, a, um, adj.id.,

I shunning, avoiding, evading (rare; not in Cic. or Cæs.).

(a) With acc.: vitabundus classem hostium, Sall. Fragm. ap. Non. p. 186, 17 (id. H. 3, 19 Dietsch): Hanno vitabundus castra hostium consulesque, Liv. 25, 13, 4. —

(b) Absol.: vitabundus per saltuosa loca exercitum ductare, Sall. J. 38, 1: inter tela hostium vitabundus erumpit, id. ib. 101, 9; Tac. H. 3, 37.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. uitabundus (scan p. 766; entry #12779).

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