defugio

dē-fugiō fūgī, —, ere,

to run off, flee away, make an escape: ripa, quo sinistrum cornu defugit, L.: iniurias fortunae defugiendo relinquas, i. e. by death.—Fig., to flee from, shun, avoid, escape from: proelium, Cs.: contentiones: iudicia. —To decline, shrink from, shun: auctoritatem consulatūs mei: sin timore defugiant, Cs.