escape (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. effŭgium2. fŭga (esp. poet.)3. ăberrātio (v. rare) • escape (subs.): 1. effŭgium: to cut off any one's e., e. praecludere eunti, Lucr.: there was no e. in the event of defeat either by sea or land, neque terra neque mari e. dabatur victis, Auct. B. Alex.: to prevent e., f. intercludere, Cic. (v. to intercept): e. from death, e. mortis, Cic. Also oft., a way of e., esp. in pl.: he shut up every way of e. from the house, effugia villae clausit, Tac. A. 16, 15. 2. fŭga (esp. poet.): neither for the great nor the little is there any e. from death, neque ulla est aut magno aut parvo leti f., Hor.: if there were no other honourable way of e. (from the disgrace), si alia honoris f. non esset, Liv. 3, 67, ad init. 3. ăberrātio (v. rare): I have no other e. from my vexations, aliam ab. a molestiis nullam habemus, Cic. Fam. 15, 18. Phr.: to cut off the e. of the enemy, hostes fugientes excipere (i. e. to occupy such a position as to stop them in flight): cf. Caes. B. G. 6, 35: "multos ex fuga dispersos excipiunt": whither to flee for e. (from death), qua fugeret ad salutem, Nep. Dion, 9, med.: v. preservation, safety.