avoid Copy link Outline 1. fŭgĭo, fūgi, 32. dēfŭgio, fūgi, 3 (stronger than the simple verb)3. vīto, 1 (denoting simple avoidance; whereas fugio and its derivatives imply active and energetic flight from)4. dēvīto, 1 (stronger than simple verb)5. ēvīto, 1 (= devito)6. dēclīno, 1 (i. e. to lean aside so as to escape7. āversor, 1 (to turn away from with dislike)8. ēlūdo, lūsi, lūsum, 3 (v. TO ELUDE) • avoid: 1. fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3: to a. the sight of the multitude, conspectum multitudinis f., Caes.: I a. no one, neminem f., Liv.: Hor.: to a. no vexation, nullam molestiam f., Cic.: too intimate friendships should be a.'d, fugiendae sunt nimiae amicitiae, Cic.: rarely with inf.: v. to forbear. Hence, freq. fŭgĭto, 1: to make repeated efforts to avoid: to be in the habit of a.ing one's master, herum fugitare, Ter.: Plin.: they studiously a. an investigation, quaestionem fugitant, Cic. 2. dēfŭgio, fūgi, 3 (stronger than the simple verb): to a. speaking with any one, alicujus sermonem d., Caes.: to a. giving battle, proelium d., Caes. (v. also Phr.) 3. vīto, 1 (denoting simple avoidance; whereas fugio and its derivatives imply active and energetic flight from): to a. all suspicions, omnes suspiciones v., Caes.: to a. vices, vitia v., Cic.: you a. me, Chloe, like a young doe, vitas hinnuleo me similis, Chloe, Hor.: with inf. (poet.): let him a. touching writings, tangere vitet scripta, Hor. 4. dēvīto, 1 (stronger than simple verb): to a. pain, dolorem d., Cic.: Hor. 5. ēvīto, 1 (= devito): to a. causes of suspicions, causas suspicionum e., Cic.: to a. pain, dolorem e., Cic.: Hor. 6. dēclīno, 1 (i. e. to lean aside so as to escape: both as trans. and with prep.): I thought those things should be a.'d if I could honourably a. them, ea declinanda putavi, si honeste vitare possem, Cic.: in order to a. envy, ad declinandam invidiam, Suet.: we must carefully a. them (i. e. small faults), ab iis est diligentius declinandum, Cic. Join: fugere, vitare, declinare aliquid, Cic. 7. āversor, 1 (to turn away from with dislike): to a. suppliants, petentes a., Ov.: to a. conversation, sermonem a., Tac. 8. ēlūdo, lūsi, lūsum, 3 (v. to elude): to a. a battle, pugnam e., Liv. (v. to decline). Phr.: I was determined to a. ambition, fugax ambitionis eram, Ov.: to a. giving battle, pugnam, proelium, detrectare, Liv.: Just.: Tac.; also proelium defugere, Caes. When to avoid is in Eng. followed by another verb, it may be expr. by nolo: as, he a.'d sending me to the school of Flavius, noluit in Flavi ludum me mittere, Hor. also sometimes by fugio (v. to forbear): v. to escape, shun.