ē-vādo, si, sum, 3 (perf. sync. evasti, Hor. S. 2, 7, 68; Sil. 15, 796; perf. evadi. Treb. Poll. Trig. Tyr. 5, 6), v. n. and a.
I Neutr. , to go or come out , go forth (freq. and class.).
A Lit.
1 In gen.: si (apes) ex alvo minus frequentes evadunt, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 36: ex aqua, Plaut. Rud. 1, 2, 86: ex balineis, Cic. Cael. 27, 65: oppido, Sall. J. 56, 5: undis, Verg. A. 9, 99: puteo, Phaedr. 4, 9, 11: abiit, excessit, evasit, erupit, Cic. Cat. 2, 1: per praeruptum saxum in Capitolium, Liv. 5, 46: in terram, to disembark , to land , id. 29, 27 fin. —
b In an upward direction: ex abditis sedibus evadere atque exire, Cic. N. D. 2, 37, 95: evado ad summi fastigia culminis, mount up , ascend , Verg. A. 2, 458: ad parietem, Suet. Ner. 48: in murum, muros, moenia, Liv. 2, 17; 4, 34; 10, 17: in jugum, id. 33, 8: in cacumen, Curt. 7, 11: super capita hostium, id. 5, 3 et saep.—
2 In partic., to get away , escape : aut e morbo evasurum aegrotum, aut e periculo navem, aut ex insidiis exercitum, Cic. Div. 2, 5, 13: ex fuga, * Caes. B. G. 3, 19, 4: e manibus hostium, Liv. 22, 49: ex judicio, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 5: e tanto periculo, Liv. 42, 18: periculo, id. 21, 33: adverso colle, sicuti praeceptum fuerat, evadunt, Sall. J. 52, 3; cf. id. ib. 50 fin. ; Liv. 1, 12 fin. ; 10, 1 et saep.—
B Trop.
1 In gen., to go or come out , pass out , escape : accedit, ut eo facilius animus evadat ex hoc aëre eumque perrumpat, quod, etc., Cic. Tusc. 1, 19; cf.: ex corpore (animus), id. de Sen. 22, 80; and: cum ab iis ... evaseris, id. Tusc. 1, 41, 98: ad conjecturam, to arrive at, Plaut. Rud. 3, 1, 20: ne in infinitum quaestio evadat, Quint. 2, 17, 16. —
b In an upward direction: nitamur semper ad optima: quod facientes aut evademus in summum, aut certe multos infra nos videbimus, Quint. 12, 11, 30.—
2 In partic., to turn out , fall out , end in some manner, to have an issue of some kind, to result , to turn to or become something: ex communibus proprii, ex fucosis firmi suffragatores evadunt, Q. Cic. Pet. Cons. 9, 35; cf. Cic. Or. 27, 95; id. Fin. 4, 25, 69: quos judicabat non posse oratores evadere, id. de Or. 1, 28, 126: fuit autem Athenis adulescens, perfectus Epicureus evaserat, id. Brut. 35, 131; 87, 299; id. Fin. 4, 28, 78: ita molles mentes evadunt civium, id. Rep. 1, 43, 67; cf.: juvenis evasit vere indolis regiae, Liv. 1, 39: quod tu ejusmodi evasisti, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 69: nimis saepe secus videmus evadere, id. Leg. 2, 17, 43.—Of abstract subjects: ut ita fastidiosae mollesque mentes evadant civium, ut, etc., id. Rep. 1, 43 fin. : si quando aliquod somnium verum evaserit, id. Div. 2, 53: vereor ne haec quoque laetitia vana evadat, Liv. 23, 12: quoniam primum vanum inceptum evasisset, id. 35, 47 et saep.: intellego hercle: sed quo evadas nescio, what you are driving at , Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 44: quam timeo, quorsum evadas, where you are coming out in your story, Ter. And. 127; 176: nimia illaec licentia Profecto evadet in aliquod magnum malum, id. Ad. 509: demiror quid sit, et quo evadat, sum in metu, Plaut. As. 1, 1, 68; cf. Cic. Att. 14, 19 fin. : videamus, hoc quorsum evadat, id. ib. 9, 18, 4; Nep. Dion. 8, 1: huccine (beneficia), to end in this , Sall. J. 14, 9: in morbos longos, Liv. 27, 33, 6.—
b Pregn., to come to pass , be fulfilled : aliquando id, quod somniarimus, evadere, Cic. Div. 2, 59, 121; for which: si somnium verum evasit aliquod, id. ib. 2, 71, 146.
II Act. (mostly poet. and post-Aug.; not in Cic.), to pass over or pass a thing, to get over , pass beyond , leave behind.
A Lit.
1 In gen.: omnem videbar evasisse viam, Verg. A. 2, 730: tot urbes, id. ib. 3, 282: vada, arva, Ov. M. 3, 19: amnem, Tac. A. 12, 35: limen harae, Col. 7, 9, 13: vestibulum (apes), id. 9, 12, 1 et saep.—
b In an upward direction: sic fata gradus evaserat altos, had mounted the steps , Verg. A. 4, 685: ardua, to climb , ascend , Liv. 2, 65. —
2 In partic., to get away , flee , escape from , = effugere: alicujus manus, Verg. A. 9, 560: loca mortis, Ov. M. 14, 126: flammam, Verg. A. 5, 689: angustias, Liv. 21, 32; 38, 2: nocturnas insidias, Suet. Caes. 74: aliquem, Tiber. ap. Suet. Tib. 61.—
B Trop.
1 In gen.: vitam, to depart from , i. e. to die , Ap. Met. 4, 12, 30.—
b In an upward direction: si haec quoque jam lenius supina perseverantibus studiis evaseris, hast climbed , ascended , Quint. 12, 10, 79.—
2 In partic., to escape , get rid of : aegritudinem, Lucil. ap. Non. 294, 7: necem, Phaedr. 4, 6, 4: gravem casum, Tac. A. 14, 6: sermones malignorum, Plin. Ep. 7, 24, 3 et saep.