diffugio Latin · revision 31674

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la fugiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''diffugiō''' (present infinitive diffugere, perfect active diffūgī, supine diffūgitum); third (-iō variant) conjugation, impersonal in the passive^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|dis-|fugiō|t2=to flee]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) De Vaan traces ⟨fugiō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*fugiō|alt=*fug-i-|t=to flee]] and [[ine-pro|*bʰewg-|alt=*bʰug-i-|t=to flee]], cognate with [[grc|φεύγω|tr=pheúgō|t=to flee]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The TLL records it from Cicero on, and very often in Lucretius.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means “to run off in different directions, scatter”, of people and animals: Lucretius has every kind of wild beast fleeing in all directions.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Of things it is “to disperse, vanish”, as Lucretius' scent of ointment scattering into the air and Horace's “the snows have fled”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “flee”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 96–55 BC – Lucretius of scattering beasts and scents.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of melting snows.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To flee in different directions, [[m|en|scatter]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # Of things, to [[m|en|disperse]], vanish.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[diffugium]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fugiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}