ESCAPE Copy link • ESCAPE 1. evadere: elabi (slip away; e.g., ex proelio; e manibus alicujus; custodiae, Tac.): subterfugere (escape by some shift; poenam, periculum, Cic.): effugere (fly away): expedire se (to set one’s self free, ab or ex aliqua re; seldom aliqua re): from (= out of) anything, effugere ex (de, ab) aliqua re: from anything (= avoid by flight), effugere aliquid (not alicui rei): from a crowd, expedire se ex turba (Terentianus): from all occupation, expedire se ab omni occupatione (Cic.): from a person, effugere aliquem, or de alicujus manibus; alicui or e (de) alicujus manibus elabi; alicujus manibus evadere: from the city, ex urbe elabi; oppido evadere: from a wreck by swimming, e naufragio enatare (Vitr., 6, pref. 1); also, in terram evadere (Liv.): from a danger, periculo evadere. Avoid, fugere: defugere: declinare: vitare. SYN. in AVOID. 2. s. fuga: effugium: aberratio (e.g., a dolore, molestiis, Cic.). To make one’s escape from prison, custodiae or vinculis elabi: from the city, urbe elabi. To make one’s escape by flight, fuga se subtrahere (secretly); ex fuga evadere; fuga se eripere. To assist a man’s escape, by giving him money, alicujus fugam pecunia sublevare: to have no other escape from, aliam aberrationem ab aliqua re nullam habere (Cic.).