defugiunt
Dictionary entries
- Entry →defugio, defugere, defugi, -:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · Transitive
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
flee, escape, run/move away (from), make one's escape from; avoid (strongly);; escape from/make one's escape/flee; keep clear of (responsibility/liability);
pl. pres. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...aquis — hunc quoque summa dies nigro submersit Averno. defugiunt avidos carmina sola rogos; durant, vatis opus, Troiani fama..."Liber VI
Gaius Julius Caesar from COMMENTARIORUM LIBRI VII DE BELLO GALLICOCUM A. HIRTI SUPPLEMENTO
"...sceleratorum habentur, his omnes decedunt, aditum sermonemque defugiunt, ne quid ex contagione incommodi accipiant, neque his petentibus..."