fugax

fugāx ācis, adj.with comp.and sup.

2 FVG-, apt to flee, fleeing, timid, shy : lynces, H.: Caprea, V.: vir, H.: Pholoë, coy , H.: fugacissimus hostis, L.— Fleeing, swift, fleet : Lympha, H.: ventis fugacior, O.—Fig., fleeting, transitory : haec omnia: Labuntur anni, H.—With gen, fleeing, shunning, avoiding : ambitionis, O.: rerum, O.