defugio Latin · revision 33875

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''dēfugiō''' (present infinitive dēfugere, perfect active dēfūgī); third (-iō variant) conjugation, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

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

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan and the TLL find it first in Plautus;^(de Vaan 2008)^(TLL) in the ''Poenulus'' it means avoiding someone's authority.^(TLL)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a transitive verb it means escaping or shunning something unpleasant: Caesar has avoiding a man's company and conversation, and a battle,^(Lewis & Short 1879) and Cicero someone fleeing his country for Tarquinii.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It is also used of avoiding a task or responsibility.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Intransitively it means to escape by flight, as in Livy of a whole wing of an army throwing away its arms.^(OLD 2012) Stelten gives "flee, avoid, escape" for Church Latin.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, of avoiding someone's authority.^(TLL)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar, of shunning conversation and a battle.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero, of fleeing one's country.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 59 BC–17 AD – Livy, of running away in battle.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(transitive)'' To [[m|en|escape]] from, run away from; to [[m|en|shun]], avoid (something unpleasant, a duty).^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(intransitive)'' To make one's escape, flee; to keep clear of a duty.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[defuga]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fugiō]]

+ * [[effugiō]]

+ * [[refugiō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}