ē-vīto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a.,
to shun , avoid (class.; most freq. since the Aug. per.): tela amictu, Cat. 116, 7: metaque fervidis Evitata rotis, Hor. C. 1, 1, 5: fraxinum, Ov. M. 12, 123: bidental, Pers. 2, 27 et saep.—Of abstract objects: causas suspicionum offensionumque, Cic. Lael. 24: dolorem, id. Fin. 5, 7 fin. : continuatos pedes, id. Or. 57, 194; cf. asperitatem, Quint. 1, 5, 42: ejusmodi verba, id. 9, 4, 145: expositionem, id. 4, 2, 75; 4, 1, 71 et saep.