effugio

ef-fŭgĭo, fūgi ( inf. pass. effugiri, Pseud. Syr. Sent. 815 Rib.), 3, v. n. and a. (class. and freq., esp. in the active sense).

I.

Neutr., to flee away; or, with reference to the result, to escape:

effugias ex urbe inanis,

Plaut. Trin. 3, 2, 75; so,

ex urbe,

id. ib. 2, 4, 196:

e proelio,

Cic. Phil. 2, 29:

e manibus,

id. de Imp. Pomp. 9 al.; cf.

transf.: ex sitella (sors),

Plaut. Cas. 2, 6, 44:

a vita marituma,

id. Bacch. 2, 3, 108:

a quibus,

Cic. Sest. 54 fin.:

patriă,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 4, 75:

foras,

id. Most. 1, 4, 3; cf. id. Curc. 5, 1, 8; Ter. Eun. 5, 5, 3:

ad regem,

Curt. 4, 15.— Absol.:

pisces ne effugiant, cavet,

Plaut. Truc. 1, 1, 16; Caes. B. G. 5, 58, 4; Cic. Att. 1, 16, 2; Verg. E. 3, 49 et saep.; cf.:

via Nolam ferente,

Liv. 8, 26.—With ne: parum effugerat ne dignus crederetur (= aegre impediebat, quin, etc.; Greek par oligon exephugen, etc.), Tac. H. 3, 39 fin.:

propinque clade urbis ipsi, ne quid simile paterentur, effugerunt,

Liv. 36, 25, 8.—

II.

Act.

A.

Of personal subjects: aliquid, to flee from, escape, avoid, shun (cf.:

vito, caveo, fugio): ita vix poteris effugere infortunium,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 295:

pauca (with subterfugere),

id. Capt. 5, 2, 18:

malam rem,

id. As. 2, 4, 9:

impias propinquorum manus,

Cic. Rep. 6, 12:

dolores,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 4, 4:

mortem,

Caes. B. G. 6, 30, 2:

periculum celeritate,

id. ib. 4, 35, 1; cf. id. B. C. 2, 41, 6:

equitatum Caesaris,

id. ib. 1, 65, 4:

haec vincula,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 71 et saep.; cf.:

haec morte effugiuntur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 36:

ea aetas tua, quae cupiditates adolescentiae jam effugerit,

i. e. has passed beyond them, Tac. H. 1, 15:

effugere cupiditatem regnum est vincere,

Pub. Syr. 154 (Rib.).—Rarely with a rel. clause: numquam hodie effugies, quin mea moriaris manu, Naev. ap. Macr. S. 6, 1 (Trag. Rel. ed. Rib. p. 8).—Of inanimate subjects: res (me) effugit, it escapes me, I do not observe it:

ubi eum locum omnem cogitatione sepseris, nihil te effugiet,

Cic. de Or. 2, 34 fin.:

nullius rei cura Romanos,

Liv. 22, 33:

neque hoc parentes Effugerit spectaculum,

Hor. Epod. 5, 102:

somniculosum plurima effugiunt,

Col. 11, 1, 13 et saep.:

petitiones corpore effugi,

i. e. narrowly, barely, Cic. Cat. 1, 6, 15.— Rarely with a subject-clause:

custodis curam non effugiat observare desilientem matricem,

Col. 8, 11, 12.