effugio

effugio

Latin

Etymology

    From ex- + fugiō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    effugiō (present infinitive effugere, perfect active effūgī, supine effugitum); third (-iō variant) conjugation

    1. (intransitive) to flee from, escape
      Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, refugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, perfugiō, diffugiō, āvolō, ēripiō, ēlābor, lābor
    2. (transitive) to avoid, evade
      Synonyms: detrecto, eludo, exeo, parco, deficio

    Usage notes

    • Passive forms are rare.

    Conjugation

    References

    • effugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • effugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • effugio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • (ambiguous) to slip, escape from the hands: e (de) manibus effugere, elābi
      • (ambiguous) to escape from the hands of the enemy: effugere, elābi e manibus hostium