fugio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.ɡi.oː/, [ˈfʊɡioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfu.d͡ʒi.o/, [ˈfuːd͡ʒio]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Italic *fugjō, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰug-yé-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Verb

fugiō (present infinitive fugere, perfect active fūgī, supine fugitum); third conjugation iō-variant

1. (transitive, intransitive) to flee, fly, take flight, escape, depart, run, run away, recede

   Synonyms: effugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, diffugiō, refugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēripiō, ēlābor, lābor

   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.314:

     “Mēne fugis?” [...].

     “Are you running away from me?”

   • 86 CE – 103 CE, Martial, Epigrammata V.83:

     Insequeris, fugio; fugis, insequor

     You pursue, I flee; you flee, I pursue

2. (intransitive) to speed, hasten, pass quickly

   Tempus fugit ― Time flies/passes quickly

3. (transitive) to avoid, shun

   Synonyms: ēvādō, ēlūdō, vītō, ēvītō, dētrectō, āversor, abstineō, parcō, dēclīnō, exeō

   Antonyms: dēstinō, intendō, tendō, petō, quaerō, affectō, studeō, spectō, circumspiciō

Conjugation

Conjugation of fugiō (third conjugation iō-variant)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fugiō	fugis	fugit	fugimus	fugitis	fugiunt
	imperfect	fugiēbam	fugiēbās	fugiēbat	fugiēbāmus	fugiēbātis	fugiēbant
	future	fugiam	fugiēs	fugiet	fugiēmus	fugiētis	fugient
	perfect	fūgī	fūgistī	fūgit	fūgimus	fūgistis	fūgērunt, fūgēre
	pluperfect	fūgeram	fūgerās	fūgerat	fūgerāmus	fūgerātis	fūgerant
	future perfect	fūgerō	fūgeris	fūgerit	fūgerimus	fūgeritis	fūgerint
passive	present	fugior	fugeris, fugere	fugitur	fugimur	fugiminī	fugiuntur
	imperfect	fugiēbar	fugiēbāris, fugiēbāre	fugiēbātur	fugiēbāmur	fugiēbāminī	fugiēbantur
	future	fugiar	fugiēris, fugiēre	fugiētur	fugiēmur	fugiēminī	fugientur
	perfect	fugitus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	fugitus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	fugitus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	fugiam	fugiās	fugiat	fugiāmus	fugiātis	fugiant
	imperfect	fugerem	fugerēs	fugeret	fugerēmus	fugerētis	fugerent
	perfect	fūgerim	fūgerīs	fūgerit	fūgerīmus	fūgerītis	fūgerint
	pluperfect	fūgissem	fūgissēs	fūgisset	fūgissēmus	fūgissētis	fūgissent
passive	present	fugiar	fugiāris, fugiāre	fugiātur	fugiāmur	fugiāminī	fugiantur
	imperfect	fugerer	fugerēris, fugerēre	fugerētur	fugerēmur	fugerēminī	fugerentur
	perfect	fugitus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	fugitus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	fuge	—	—	fugite	—
	future	—	fugitō	fugitō	—	fugitōte	fugiuntō
passive	present	—	fugere	—	—	fugiminī	—
	future	—	fugitor	fugitor	—	—	fugiuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		fugere	fūgisse	fugitūrum esse	fugī	fugitum esse	fugitum īrī
participles		fugiēns	—	fugitūrus	—	fugitus	fugiendus, fugiundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		fugiendī	fugiendō	fugiendum	fugiendō	fugitum	fugitū

Derived terms

• aufugiō
• confugiō
• dēfugiō
• diffugiō
• fugāx
• fugēla
• fugiendus
• fugiēns
• fugitō
• interfugiō
• perfugiō
• praefugiō
• prōfugiō
• refugiō
• subterfugiō
• suffugiō
• superfugiō
• tempus fugit
• terga fugere
• trānsfugiō

Related terms

• fuga
• fugācius
• fugitāns
• fugitīvus
• fugitō
• fugō

Descendants

Descendants

• Aromanian: fug, fudziri
• Asturian: fuxir
• Catalan: fugir
• English: -fugal
• Franco-Provençal: fuire
• French: fuir
• Friulian: fuî
• Galician: fuxir
• Italian: fuggire
• Occitan: fugir
• Portuguese: fugir
• Romanian: fugi, fugire
• Romansch: fugir, fugeir, fügir
• Sicilian: fùjiri
• Sardinian: fugire, fugiri, fuzire
• Spanish: huir
• Venetan: fuxir, fùxer, fugér
• Vulgar Latin: *fugīre
• Vulgar Latin: *affugientāre (see there for further descendants)
• Welsh: ffoi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fugiō

1. dative/ablative singular of fugium

References

• “fugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fugio in Enrico Olivetti, editor (2003-2024), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• fugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • I am not unaware: me non fugit, praeterit
    
  • (ambiguous) to keep out of a person's sight: fugere alicuius conspectum, aspectum
    
  • (ambiguous) to follow virtue; to flee from vice: honesta expetere; turpia fugere
    
  • (ambiguous) to shun society: hominum coetus, congressus fugere
    
  • (ambiguous) to shun publicity: publico carere, forum ac lucem fugere
    
  • (ambiguous) to flee like deer, sheep: pecorum modo fugere (Liv. 40. 27)