effugio Latin · revision 17996

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *bʰewg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛfˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [efˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''effugiō''' (present infinitive effugere, perfect active effūgī, supine effugitum); third (-iō variant) conjugation^(Wiktionary)

+ It is also spelled ''ecfugiō'' and ''exfugiō'', and an early inscription has ''exfociont'' for ''effugiunt''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|la|ex-|fugiō|t1=out|t2=to flee]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives [[m|la|fugiō]] from [[itc-pro|*fug-i-]], from [[ine-pro|*bʰug-i-|t=to flee]], cognate with [[grc|φεύγω|tr=pheúgō|t=to flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Naevius.^(de Vaan 2008) Plautus has ''patriā hāc effugiam'', “I will flee from this country”, and ''piscis nē effugiat cavet'', “he takes care that the fish does not get away”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ ''Effugere'' is “to flee, get away, escape”, with the idea of success, and with an object “to escape from” pursuers or weapons (Titinius: ''sēmitātim fūgī atque effūgī patrem'', “I ran off by the back lanes and escaped my father”).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) It also means “to keep away from, avoid” (Virgil: ''hās … terrās … effuge'', “shun these lands”), “to slip from” someone's grasp (Virgil of Creusa's ghost escaping Aeneas' arms), and “to escape” the senses or attention.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “to avoid, escape from, shun”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it.^(de Vaan 2008)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus: ''piscis nē effugiat cavet''.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil: ''ter frūstrā comprēnsa manūs effūgit imāgō'', “three times the ghost, grasped in vain, escaped my hands”.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To flee, get away, [[m|en|escape]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To escape from (pursuers, dangers).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To keep away from, [[m|en|avoid]], [[m|en|shun]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To slip from (the hands or grasp).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To escape (the senses or attention).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fuga]]

+ * [[fugiō]]

+ * [[effugium]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}