flee Copy link Outline 1. fŭgio, fūgi, fŭgĭtum, 3 (both trans. and intrans.)2. expr. by fŭga and a verb • flee, flee from: 1. fŭgio, fūgi, fŭgĭtum, 3 (both trans. and intrans.): to f. from converse with men, f. conventus hominum, Caes.: a wolf fled from me unarmed, lupus me fugit inermem, Hor. Absol.: he is said to have fled with a large sum of money, fugisse cum magna pecunia dicitur, Cic. Rep. 2, 19: he fled from the town, oppido fugit, Caes B. C. 3, 29: Aeneas when f.ing from Troy, Aeneas fugiens a Troja, Cic. Verr. 4, 33, 72 (without the prep. it would mean only that he left Troy; with the prep., it is implied that he kept out of the way of Troy, and directed his course elsewhere). Fig.: the winds lull, and the clouds f., concidunt venti, f.que nubes, Hor.: the colour had fled from his face, fugerat ex ore color, Ov. For other senses, v. to avoid. Frequent. fŭgĭto, 1: to make repeated efforts to flee: the frogs f. hither and thither to escape death, (ranae) fugitant mortem, Phaedr. 1, 2, 25. 2. expr. by fŭga and a verb: the king fled for his life, rex fuga salutem petit, Nep. Hann. 11: v. flight. Phr.: all hope has fled, occidit spes omnis, Hor. Od. 4, 4, 70: all these charms are fled, *periit venustas; periere deliciae: living virtue we hate; when it is fled from our eyes, we regret it, virtutem incolumem odimus; sublatam oculis quaerimus, Hor. Od. 3, 24, 31. See also foll. art.