fugito Latin · revision 33975

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la fugiō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈfʊ.ɡɪ.toː]^(Wiktionary)

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fugitō''' (present infinitive fugitāre, perfect active fugitāvī, supine fugitātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|fugiō|-itō|t1=to flee]], a frequentative.^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Plautus' ''Asinaria'': "do you think we are running away from our master?"^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means to run away from or desert someone, and Lewis & Short find it mostly before the classical period.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Terence has it without an object: a man was wretched with fleeing so that no one would know him.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) It also means to avoid or shun: in Plautus' ''Captivi'' someone is said to shun another's eyes.^(OLD 2012) Ammianus Marcellinus has Greeks fleeing.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of running from a master.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence of fleeing.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(TLL)

+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus of fleeing Greeks.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To run away from, [[m|en|flee]], desert;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary) ''(intransitive)'' to flee.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # To [[m|en|avoid]], [[m|en|shun]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[fugiō]]

+ * [[fuga]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}