diffugio

Latin

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Latin fugiō

Latin diffugiō

From dis- + fugiō.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [dɪfˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [difˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]

Verb

diffugiō (present infinitive diffugere, perfect active diffūgī, supine diffūgitum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, impersonal in the passive

to scatter, disperse or dispel
- 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 2.212:
  “Diffugimus vīsū exsanguēs.”
  “Pale [with fear], we scatter at the sight [of the sea serpents].” – Aeneas
to flee or run away
Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, refugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēlābor, ēripiō, lābor

Conjugation

Conjugation of diffugiō (third (-iō variant) conjugation, impersonal in the passive)

indicative		singular				plural
indicative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	diffugiō	diffugis		diffugit	diffugimus	diffugitis		diffugiunt
	imperfect	diffugiēbam	diffugiēbās		diffugiēbat	diffugiēbāmus	diffugiēbātis		diffugiēbant
	future	diffugiam	diffugiēs		diffugiet	diffugiēmus	diffugiētis		diffugient
	perfect	diffūgī	diffūgistī		diffūgit	diffūgimus	diffūgistis		diffūgērunt, diffūgēre
	pluperfect	diffūgeram	diffūgerās		diffūgerat	diffūgerāmus	diffūgerātis		diffūgerant
	future perfect	diffūgerō	diffūgeris		diffūgerit	diffūgerimus	diffūgeritis		diffūgerint
passive	present	—	—		diffugitur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		diffugiēbātur	—	—		—
	future	—	—		diffugiētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		diffūgitum est	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		diffūgitum erat	—	—		—
	future perfect	—	—		diffūgitum erit	—	—		—
subjunctive		singular				plural
subjunctive		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	diffugiam	diffugiās		diffugiat	diffugiāmus	diffugiātis		diffugiant
	imperfect	diffugerem	diffugerēs		diffugeret	diffugerēmus	diffugerētis		diffugerent
	perfect	diffūgerim	diffūgerīs		diffūgerit	diffūgerīmus	diffūgerītis		diffūgerint
	pluperfect	diffūgissem	diffūgissēs		diffūgisset	diffūgissēmus	diffūgissētis		diffūgissent
passive	present	—	—		diffugiātur	—	—		—
	imperfect	—	—		diffugerētur	—	—		—
	perfect	—	—		diffūgitum sit	—	—		—
	pluperfect	—	—		diffūgitum esset	—	—		—
imperative		singular				plural
imperative		first	second		third	first	second		third
active	present	—	diffuge		—	—	diffugite		—
active	future	—	diffugitō		diffugitō	—	diffugitōte		diffugiuntō
passive	future	—	—		diffugitor	—	—		—
non-finite forms		infinitive				participle
non-finite forms		active		passive		active		passive
present		diffugere		diffugī		diffugiēns		—
future		diffūgitūrum esse		diffūgitum īrī		diffūgitūrus		diffugiendum, diffugiundum
perfect		diffūgisse		diffūgitum esse		—		diffūgitum
future perfect		—		diffūgitum fore		—		—
perfect potential		diffūgitūrum fuisse		—		—		—
verbal nouns		gerund					supine
		genitive	dative		accusative	ablative	accusative		ablative
		diffugiendī	diffugiendō		diffugiendum	diffugiendō	diffūgitum		diffūgitū

References

“diffugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“diffugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
“diffugio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.