aufugio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

aufŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, v. n. [ab-fugio; cf. ab init.],

to flee or run away , to flee from (very rare, but class.; not used by Catull., Tib., Lucr., Verg., Hor., or Ovid, nor by Sall., and used only twice in Cic. Oratt., and once in Tac.; syn.: fugio, effugio, diffugio): quā plateā hinc aufugerim? Plaut. Men. 5, 3, 5: Tum aquam aufugisse dicito, id. Aul. 1, 2, 16; id. Mil. 2, 6, 99; id. Capt. 4, 2, 95: denique hercle aufugerim Potius quam redeam, Ter. Hec. 424; id. Eun. 851: propter impudentissimum furtum aufugerit, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 35: si aufugisset (archipirata), id. ib. 5, 79: cum multos libros surripuisset, aufugit, id. Fam 13, 77; so id. ad Q. Fr. 1, 2, 4: ex eo loco, Liv. 1, 25: aspectum parentis, Cic. N. D. 2, 43, 111 B. and K: blanditias, Prop. 1, 9, 30: donec Sisenna vim metuens aufugeret, Tac. H. 2, 8: Aufugit mihi animus, Q. Cat. ap. Gell. 19, 14.

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