fugo Latin · revision 30951

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=ine-pro *bʰewg-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfʊ.ɡoː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈfuː.ɡo]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fugō''' (present infinitive fugāre, perfect active fugāvī, supine fugātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|fuga|t=flight]] with the verb ending [[m|la|-ō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) ⟨Fuga⟩ belongs to [[m|la|fugiō|t=to flee]], which de Vaan traces to [[itc-pro|*fug-i-]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰug-|t=to flee]], cognate with [[grc|φεύγω|tr=pheúgō|t=to flee]] and [[m|grc|φυγή|tr=phugḗ|t=flight]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ In the prologue of Plautus' ''Amphitruo'' Mercury tells how Amphitruo routed the enemy legions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is to put to flight, of people (Cicero: one who drove others off with the sword) and in war to rout.^(OLD 2012) In poetry things are driven away: waves by a mole (Ovid), the day's heat dispelled by a rising star.^(OLD 2012) It is to get rid of, as jurors Cicero's opponent could not remove by challenge, and in Lucretius to drive into exile.^(OLD 2012) It is also to frighten off, as Horace's poet, and to banish a state of mind.^(OLD 2012) Lewis and Short call it rare but classical.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “put to flight, chase”.^(Stelten 1995) Later compounds such as [[febrifugus|alt=febrifuga]] and [[vermifugus|alt=vermifuga]], driving out fever or worms, are formed with it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of routing legions.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of driving into exile.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of driving people off.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of frightening off a poet.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To put to flight, chase away;^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(military)'' to [[m|en|rout]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # To get rid of, dismiss; to drive into [[m|en|exile]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To deter, frighten off.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To dispel, [[m|en|banish]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[dēfugō]]

+ * [[fugātor]]

+ * [[fugatrix]]

+ * [[febrifugia]]

+ * [[nūbifugus]]

+ * [[lūcifugus]]

+ * [[ēffugō]]

+ * [[febrifugus]]

+ * [[vermifugus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fuga]]

+ * [[fugāx]]

+ * [[fugiō]]

+ * [[fugitīvus]]

+ * [[fugitō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}