in+herba+latet

• A snake lies in the grass. (Vergil)

lătĕo, ŭi, 2, v. n. [Sanscr. root rah-, forsake; rahas, loneliness, concealment; Gr. LATh lanthanô], to lurk, be or lie hid or concealed, to skulk (class.).

Lit.

In gen.:

ubi sunt, ubi latent,

Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 69:

cochleae in occulto latent,

id. Capt. 1, 1, 12; cf. Cic. Rab. Perd. 7, 21: occulte, id. [p. 1039] Agr. 2, 16, 41:

clam,

Ov. R. Am. 437:

abdite,

Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 73, § 181:

in tenebris,

id. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 2, § 9:

sub nomine pacis bellum latet,

id. Phil. 12, 7, 17:

scelus latet inter tot flagitia,

id. Rosc. Am. 40, 118:

non latuit scintilla ingenii,

id. Rep. 2, 21, 37; 40, 67:

naves latent portu,

Hor. Epod. 9, 19; cf.:

tuta arce,

Verg. A. 10, 805.—Prov.:

latet anguis in herba,

Verg. E. 3, 93.—

In partic.

To be hidden, to be in safety:

sub umbra amicitiae Romae,

Liv. 34, 9, 10; Phaedr. 4, 5, 13:

sub illius umbra Philotas latebam,

lurked, Curt. 6, 10, 22.—

Jurid., to lie hid, keep out of sight, in order not to appear before court, Cic. Quint. 23, 74.—

Trop.

In gen., to live in concealment, to live retired (rare): crede mihi, bene qui latuit, bene vixit, to lead a retired or quiet life, Ov. Tr. 3, 4, 25.—

In partic., analog. to the Gr. lanthanein, res latet, to be concealed from, be unknown to one.

with acc. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; not in Cic.; cf.:

fugit me, praeterit me, etc.): latet plerosque, siderum ignes esse, etc.,

Plin. 2, 20, 18, § 82:

nec latuere doli fratrem Junonis,

Verg. A. 1, 130:

nil illum latet,

Ov. P. 4, 9, 126:

res Eumenem non latuit,

Just. 13, 8, 6; 31, 2, 2:

semen duplex, unum, quod latet nostrum sensum, alterum, quod apertum,

Varr. R. R. 1, 40.—

With dat.:

quae et oculis et auribus latere soleant,

Varr. L. L. 9, § 92 Müll.:

ubi nobis haec auctoritas tamdiu tanta latuit?

Cic. Red. in Sen. 6, 13:

hostique propinquo Roma latet,

Sil. 12, 614.—

Absol., to be concealed or obscure, to be unknown:

earum causarum aliae sunt perspicuae, aliae latent,

Cic. Top. 17, 63:

cum laterent hae partes (sc. Galliae),

Amm. 15, 11, 1:

quae tantum accenderit ignem, Causa latet,

Verg. A. 5, 5:

id qua ratione consecutus sit, latet,

Nep. Lys. 1.—Hence, lătens, entis, P. a., lying hid, hidden, concealed, secret, unknown:

saxa latentia,

Verg. A. 1, 108:

junctura,

Plin. 13, 15, 29, § 93:

rem latentem explicare definiendo,

Cic. Brut. 41, 152:

animus in aegro corpore,

Juv. 9, 18:

causas tentare latentes,

Verg. A. 3, 32:

Tarquinius mandata latentia nati accipit,

Ov. F. 2, 705. — Comp.:

latentior origo,

Aug. de Gen. ad Litt. 12, 18: caussa, id. Civ. Dei, 5, 19.— Absol.:

in latenti,

in secret, secretly, Dig. 1, 2, 2.—Hence, adv.: lătenter, in secret, secretly, privately:

efficere,

Cic. Top. 17, 63:

amare,

Ov. P. 3, 6, 59:

intellegere ex aliqua re,

Gell. 2, 18 fin.

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anguis (dissyl.), is (rare form an-guen, like sanguen for sanguis, Jul. Val. Rer. Gest. Alex. M. 1, 29 Mai.— Abl. angue; but angui, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28, or Trag. v. 51 Vahl.; Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30; Ov. M. 4, 483 MS.; cf. Prisc. p. 766 P.; in Cic. Div. 2, 31, 66, suspected by Schneid. Gram. II. 227, on account of angue just before; angue also, Enn. ap. Acron. ad Hor. C. 3, 11, 18, or Trag. v. 441 Vahl.; Varr. Atac. ap. Charis. p. 70; Cic. Div. 2, 30, 65; Prop. 4, 4, 40; Ov. H. 9, 94; id. Am. 3, 6, 14; id. M. 10, 349; 15, 390; Sen. Herc. Fur. 793; Stat. Th. 4, 85; cf. Neue, Formenl. I. p. 218), m. and f.; cf. Charis. p. 70 P.; Rudd. I. p. 25; Neue, Formenl. I. p. 612 [cf. enchelus; Lith. angis; old Germ. unc = adder; echis; echidna = adder; Sanscr. ahis; Germ. Aal = Engl. eel. Curtius], a serpent, a snake (syn.: serpens, coluber, draco).

Lit.: angues jugati, Naev. ap. Non. p. 191, 18; Plaut. Am. 5, 1, 56:

emissio feminae anguis... maris anguis,

Cic. Div. 2, 29:

vertatur Cadmus in anguem,

Hor. A. P. 187 al. —As fem.: caerulea, Enn. ap. Cic. Ac. 2, 28:

angues volucres vento invectae,

Cic. N. D. 1, 36: torta, Varr. Atac. ap. Non. p. 191, 22; Tac. A. 11, 11 al.— Masc.:

domi vectem circumjectus,

Cic. Div. 2, 28:

ater,

Prop. 3, 5, 40:

tortus,

Ov. M. 4, 483, and id. Ib. 4, 79; Stat. Th. 4, 485.—Sometimes serpent, snake, as a hateful, odious object:

odisse aliquem aeque atque angues,

Plaut. Merc. 4, 4, 21:

cane pejus et angui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 17, 30.—

Transf.

In fable, an emblem.

Of terror;

hence the snaky head of Medusa,

Ov. M. 4, 803.—

Of rage;

hence the serpent-girdle of Tisiphone,

Ov. M. 4, 483 and 511;

her hair of snakes,

Tib. 1, 3, 69; Prop. 3, 5, 40.—

Of art and wisdom;

hence the serpent-team of Medea,

Ov. M. 7, 223, and of the inventive Ceres, id. ib. 5, 642; cf. Voss, Mythol. Br. 2, 55.—

As a constellation.

= draco, the Dragon, between the Great and the Little Bear, Hyg. Astr. 2, 3; 3, 2:

flexu sinuoso elabitur Anguis,

Verg. G. 1, 244:

neu te tortum declinet ad Anguem,

Ov. M. 2, 138.—

= hydra, the Hydra, water-serpent, which extends over the constellations Cancer, Leo, and Virgo, carries on its back the Crater, and on its tail the Corvus, Ov. F. 2, 243; Manil. 1, 422; cf. Hyg. Astr. 3, 39.—

The Serpent, which Anguitenens (Ophiouchos) carries in his hand, Ov. M. 8, 182.—

Prov.: Latet anguis in herbā, there's a snake in the grass, of some concealed danger, Verg. E. 3, 93.

frīgĭdus, a, um, adj. [frigeo], cold, cool, chill, chilling (opp. calidus; syn.: gelidus, algidus, glacialis; corresp. in most of its senses to the Gr. psuchros).

Lit.:

calida et frigida, et amara et dulcia,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8 fin.:

fons luce diurnā Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 849:

fons,

id. ib. 6, 873; 879; cf.:

frigidior umor,

id. 6, 840; 844:

nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ut nec frigidior Thracam ambiat Hebrus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13:

loca frigidissima,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1 fin.:

rura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 9:

Praeneste,

id. C. 3, 4, 22:

Tempe,

Verg. G. 2, 469:

aquilo,

id. ib. 2, 404:

aura,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 36; cf.:

manet sub Jove frigido Venator,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

umbra noctis,

Verg. E. 8, 14:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

frigidus aëra vesper Temperat,

Verg. G. 3, 336:

frigidus latet anguis in herba,

id. E. 3, 93:

anguis,

id. ib. 8, 71 (cf. psuchron ophin, Theogn. 602;

Theocr. 15, 58): pellis duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

febris,

an ague, Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 289; so,

quartana,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 290:

fomenta,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 26.— Poet.:

ille frigidas Noctes non sine multis Insomnis lacrimis agit,

i. e. without a bedfellow, lonely, Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

frigidus annus,

winter, Verg. A. 6, 311; Tib. 4, 8, 4 Huschke (al. amnis).—Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to pour cold water over for to slander, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; v. suffundo.—

As subst.

frīgĭdum, i, n., the cold: obaequalitas ferventis ac frigidi, Apul. Dog. Plat. 1, p. 11, 24.— Plur.:

frigida (opp. calida),

Ov. M. 1, 19.—

frī-gĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), cold water (like calida or calda, ae, warm water):

frigida lavare lubenter,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 1:

frigidam bibere,

Cels. 1, 5:

frigidam aegro dare,

Suet. Claud. 40:

frigidā lavari,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:

noxia ut frigidam febri,

Quint. 5, 11, 31.—

In a contracted form: FRIDVM, i, n.: DA FRIDVM PVSILLVM, i. e. a little ice-water, Inscr. Pompej. in Mus. Borbon. IV. p. 5 (cf.:

solve nives,

Mart. 5, 64).—

In partic., cold, chilled, of a dead person, or one stiffened with fright (for the latter cf.:

est et frigida multa, comes formidinis aura,

Lucr. 3, 290; poet.):

illa (Eurydice) Stygiā nabat jam frigida cymbā,

Verg. G. 4, 506; Ov. M. 7, 136; also,

transf.: Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua, Ah, miseram Eurydicen! anima fugiente vocabat,

Verg. G. 4, 525:

membra nati,

Ov. M. 14, 743:

mors,

Verg. A. 4, 385; Val. Fl. 5, 26; cf.:

pausa vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 930:

stricto Aesonides stans frigidus ense,

stiffened with fright, Val. Fl. 7, 530:

miles nec frigidus aspicit hostem,

i. e. fearless, Sil. 9, 49; cf.:

formidine turpi Frigida corda tremunt,

id. 2, 339:

frigida mens criminibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit,

Verg. A. 3, 29.

Trop.

Without ardor or encrgy, cold, frigid, indifferent, inactive, remiss, indolent, feeble:

nimis lentus in dicendo et paene frigidus,

Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

accusatoribus frigidissimis utitur,

lukewarm, indolent, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3:

non frigida virgo,

i. e. glowing with love, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 5; cf.:

frigidus aevo Laomedontiades,

Juv. 6, 325: (equus) Frigidus in Venerem senior, Verg. [p. 782] G. 3, 97:

(Empedocles) ardentem Frigidus Aetnam Insiluit,

in cold blood, Hor. A. P. 465:

in re frigidissima cales, in ferventissima friges,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:

frigidae litterae,

cold, frigid, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1:

solacia,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 45; cf.

cura,

Lucr. 4, 1060 (with which cf.:

curarum frigus,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 25):

frigida bello Dextera,

feeble, Verg. A. 11, 338:

ensis,

inactive, idle, Luc. 5, 245; 7, 502:

(apes) Contemnuntque favos et frigida tecta relinquunt,

i. e. not animated by labor, Verg. G. 4, 104 (cf. opp. fervet opus, id. ib. 169).—

Without force or point, flat, insipid, dull, trivial, frigid, vain (syn.: jejunus, inanis;

opp. salsus, facetus, esp. in post-Aug. prose): cave in ista tam frigida, tam jejuna calumnia delitescas,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; cf.:

haec aut frigida sunt, aut tum salsa, cum aliud est exspectatum,

id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

(sententias) dicere leves, frigidas ineptas,

Quint. 8, 5, 30:

verba frigidiora vitare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256; cf. id. Or. 26, 89:

frigidi et arcessiti joci,

Suet. Claud. 21; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 69:

illud frigidum et inane,

id. 10, 2, 17:

illud apud Euripidem frigidum sane, quod, etc.,

id. 5, 10, 31:

frigida et puerilis affectatio,

id. 4, 1, 77:

frigida et inanis affectatio,

id. 7, 3, 74:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis, nonnumquam frigidum, interdum etiam facetum,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

in salibus aliquando frigidus,

Quint. 12, 10, 12:

dies frigidis rebus absumere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:

negotia,

id. ib. 9, 2, 1; cf.:

omnia ista frigida et inania videntur,

id. ib. 4, 17, 4; Sen. de Ira, 2, 11.— With a subject-clause:

leve ac frigidum sit his addere, quo propinquos amicosque pacto tractaverit,

Suet. Calig. 26.—

With active meaning, causing cold or fright, frightening:

frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.—Hence, adv.: frīgĭde (only acc. to II. and very rare; not in Cic.).

Inactively, slowly, feebly: quae cupiunt, tamen ita frigide agunt, ut nolle existimentur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3.—

Flatly, trivially, insipidly, frigidly:

verbis inepte et frigide uti,

Gell. 13, 24, 7;

so with inaniter,

id. 7, 3, 43;

with exigue, opp. graviter,

id. 19, 3, 1; cf.

also: quae sunt dicta frigidius,

Quint. 6, 3, 4:

transire in diversa subsellia, parum verecundum est... Et si aliquando concitate itur, numquam non frigide reditur,

i. e. in a silly, ridiculous manner, id. 11, 3, 133:

tum ille infantem suam frigidissime reportavit,

id. 6, 1, 39.

frīgĭdus, a, um, adj. [frigeo], cold, cool, chill, chilling (opp. calidus; syn.: gelidus, algidus, glacialis; corresp. in most of its senses to the Gr. psuchros).

Lit.:

calida et frigida, et amara et dulcia,

Cic. Rep. 3, 8 fin.:

fons luce diurnā Frigidus, et calidus nocturno tempore,

Lucr. 6, 849:

fons,

id. ib. 6, 873; 879; cf.:

frigidior umor,

id. 6, 840; 844:

nec ullum hoc frigidius flumen attigi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 3, 6:

ut nec frigidior Thracam ambiat Hebrus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 13:

loca frigidissima,

Caes. B. G. 4, 1 fin.:

rura,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 9:

Praeneste,

id. C. 3, 4, 22:

Tempe,

Verg. G. 2, 469:

aquilo,

id. ib. 2, 404:

aura,

Ov. Am. 2, 16, 36; cf.:

manet sub Jove frigido Venator,

Hor. C. 1, 1, 25:

umbra noctis,

Verg. E. 8, 14:

caelum est hieme frigidum et gelidum,

cold and frosty, Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 4:

frigidus aëra vesper Temperat,

Verg. G. 3, 336:

frigidus latet anguis in herba,

id. E. 3, 93:

anguis,

id. ib. 8, 71 (cf. psuchron ophin, Theogn. 602;

Theocr. 15, 58): pellis duraque,

Lucr. 6, 1194:

febris,

an ague, Plin. 26, 11, 71, § 289; so,

quartana,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 290:

fomenta,

id. Ep. 1, 3, 26.— Poet.:

ille frigidas Noctes non sine multis Insomnis lacrimis agit,

i. e. without a bedfellow, lonely, Hor. C. 3, 7, 6:

frigidus annus,

winter, Verg. A. 6, 311; Tib. 4, 8, 4 Huschke (al. amnis).—Prov.: aquam frigidam suffundere, to pour cold water over for to slander, Plaut. Cist. 1, 1, 37; v. suffundo.—

As subst.

frīgĭdum, i, n., the cold: obaequalitas ferventis ac frigidi, Apul. Dog. Plat. 1, p. 11, 24.— Plur.:

frigida (opp. calida),

Ov. M. 1, 19.—

frī-gĭda, ae, f. (sc. aqua), cold water (like calida or calda, ae, warm water):

frigida lavare lubenter,

Plaut. Most. 1, 3, 1:

frigidam bibere,

Cels. 1, 5:

frigidam aegro dare,

Suet. Claud. 40:

frigidā lavari,

Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 11:

noxia ut frigidam febri,

Quint. 5, 11, 31.—

In a contracted form: FRIDVM, i, n.: DA FRIDVM PVSILLVM, i. e. a little ice-water, Inscr. Pompej. in Mus. Borbon. IV. p. 5 (cf.:

solve nives,

Mart. 5, 64).—

In partic., cold, chilled, of a dead person, or one stiffened with fright (for the latter cf.:

est et frigida multa, comes formidinis aura,

Lucr. 3, 290; poet.):

illa (Eurydice) Stygiā nabat jam frigida cymbā,

Verg. G. 4, 506; Ov. M. 7, 136; also,

transf.: Eurydicen vox ipsa et frigida lingua, Ah, miseram Eurydicen! anima fugiente vocabat,

Verg. G. 4, 525:

membra nati,

Ov. M. 14, 743:

mors,

Verg. A. 4, 385; Val. Fl. 5, 26; cf.:

pausa vitaï,

Lucr. 3, 930:

stricto Aesonides stans frigidus ense,

stiffened with fright, Val. Fl. 7, 530:

miles nec frigidus aspicit hostem,

i. e. fearless, Sil. 9, 49; cf.:

formidine turpi Frigida corda tremunt,

id. 2, 339:

frigida mens criminibus,

Juv. 1, 166:

mihi frigidus horror Membra quatit,

Verg. A. 3, 29.

Trop.

Without ardor or encrgy, cold, frigid, indifferent, inactive, remiss, indolent, feeble:

nimis lentus in dicendo et paene frigidus,

Cic. Brut. 48, 178:

accusatoribus frigidissimis utitur,

lukewarm, indolent, id. Q. Fr. 3, 3, 3:

non frigida virgo,

i. e. glowing with love, Ov. Am. 2, 1, 5; cf.:

frigidus aevo Laomedontiades,

Juv. 6, 325: (equus) Frigidus in Venerem senior, Verg. [p. 782] G. 3, 97:

(Empedocles) ardentem Frigidus Aetnam Insiluit,

in cold blood, Hor. A. P. 465:

in re frigidissima cales, in ferventissima friges,

Auct. Her. 4, 15, 21:

frigidae litterae,

cold, frigid, Cic. Fam. 10, 16, 1:

solacia,

Ov. P. 4, 2, 45; cf.

cura,

Lucr. 4, 1060 (with which cf.:

curarum frigus,

Ov. P. 3, 9, 25):

frigida bello Dextera,

feeble, Verg. A. 11, 338:

ensis,

inactive, idle, Luc. 5, 245; 7, 502:

(apes) Contemnuntque favos et frigida tecta relinquunt,

i. e. not animated by labor, Verg. G. 4, 104 (cf. opp. fervet opus, id. ib. 169).—

Without force or point, flat, insipid, dull, trivial, frigid, vain (syn.: jejunus, inanis;

opp. salsus, facetus, esp. in post-Aug. prose): cave in ista tam frigida, tam jejuna calumnia delitescas,

Cic. Caecin. 21, 61; cf.:

haec aut frigida sunt, aut tum salsa, cum aliud est exspectatum,

id. de Or. 2, 64, 260:

(sententias) dicere leves, frigidas ineptas,

Quint. 8, 5, 30:

verba frigidiora vitare,

Cic. de Or. 2, 63, 256; cf. id. Or. 26, 89:

frigidi et arcessiti joci,

Suet. Claud. 21; cf. Quint. 9, 3, 69:

illud frigidum et inane,

id. 10, 2, 17:

illud apud Euripidem frigidum sane, quod, etc.,

id. 5, 10, 31:

frigida et puerilis affectatio,

id. 4, 1, 77:

frigida et inanis affectatio,

id. 7, 3, 74:

genus acuminis in reprehendendis verbis, nonnumquam frigidum, interdum etiam facetum,

Cic. Brut. 67, 236:

in salibus aliquando frigidus,

Quint. 12, 10, 12:

dies frigidis rebus absumere,

Plin. Ep. 1, 9, 3:

negotia,

id. ib. 9, 2, 1; cf.:

omnia ista frigida et inania videntur,

id. ib. 4, 17, 4; Sen. de Ira, 2, 11.— With a subject-clause:

leve ac frigidum sit his addere, quo propinquos amicosque pacto tractaverit,

Suet. Calig. 26.—

With active meaning, causing cold or fright, frightening:

frigidus a rostris manat per compita rumor,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 50.—Hence, adv.: frīgĭde (only acc. to II. and very rare; not in Cic.).

Inactively, slowly, feebly: quae cupiunt, tamen ita frigide agunt, ut nolle existimentur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 10, 3.—

Flatly, trivially, insipidly, frigidly:

verbis inepte et frigide uti,

Gell. 13, 24, 7;

so with inaniter,

id. 7, 3, 43;

with exigue, opp. graviter,

id. 19, 3, 1; cf.

also: quae sunt dicta frigidius,

Quint. 6, 3, 4:

transire in diversa subsellia, parum verecundum est... Et si aliquando concitate itur, numquam non frigide reditur,

i. e. in a silly, ridiculous manner, id. 11, 3, 133:

tum ille infantem suam frigidissime reportavit,

id. 6, 1, 39.

fŭgĭo, fūgi, fŭgĭtum ( gen. plur. part. sync. fugientum, Hor. C. 3, 18, 1; part. fut. fugiturus, Ov. H. 2, 47 al.), 3, v. n. and a. [root FUG; Gr. PHUG, pheugô; Sanscr. bhuj; syn.: flecto, curvo; v. fuga], to flee or fly, to take flight, run away.

Lit.:

propera igitur fugere hinc, si te di amant,

Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 78; cf.:

a foro,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 31:

senex exit foras: ego fugio,

I am off, Ter. Heaut. 5, 2, 47:

cervam videre fugere, sectari canes,

id. Phorm. prol. 7:

qui fugisse cum magna pecunia dicitur ac se contulisse Tarquinios,

Cic. Rep. 2, 19:

Aeneas fugiens a Troja,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 33, § 72:

omnes hostes terga verterunt, nec prius fugere destiterunt, quam ad flumen Rhenum pervenerint,

Caes. B. G. 1, 53, 1:

oppido fugit,

id. B. C. 3, 29, 1:

ex ipsa caede,

to flee, escape, id. B. G. 7, 38, 3; cf.:

ex proelio Mutinensi,

Cic. Fam. 10, 14, 1:

e conspectu,

Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 107: Uticam, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 13: fenum habet in cornu;

longe fuge,

id. S. 1, 4, 34: nec furtum feci nec fugi, run away (of slaves), id. Ep. 1, 16, 46; cf.:

formidare servos, Ne te compilent fugientes,

id. S. 1, 1, 78; Sen. Tranq. 8.—

Prov.: ita fugias ne praeter casam,

i. e. in fleeing from one danger beware of falling into another, Ter. Phorm. 5, 2, 3 Ruhnk. —

In partic., like the Gr. pheugein, to become a fugitive, leave one's country, go into exile:

fugiendum de civitate, cedendum bonis aut omnia perferenda,

Quint. 6, 1, 19; so,

ex patria,

Nep. Att. 4, 4:

a patria,

Ov. Tr. 1, 5, 66:

in exilium,

Juv. 10, 160; cf. under II. A. b.—

Transf., in gen., to pass quickly, to speed, to hasten away, flee away; cf.:

numquam Vergilius diem dicit ire, sed fugere, quod currendi genus concitatissimum est,

Sen. Ep. 108 med. (mostly poet. and of inanim. and abstr. things):

tenuis fugiens per gramina rivus,

Verg. G. 4, 19:

Tantalus a labris sitiens fugientia captat Flumina,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 68:

concidunt venti fugiuntque nubes,

id. C. 1, 12, 30:

spernit humum fugiente pennā,

hasting away, rapidly soaring, id. ib. 3, 2, 24:

nullum sine vulnere fugit Missile,

Stat. Th. 9, 770:

insequitur fugientem lumine pinum (i. e. navem),

Ov. M. 11, 469:

fugere ad puppim colles campique videntur,

Lucr. 4, 389:

fugiunt freno non remorante dies,

Ov. F. 6, 772:

sed fugit interea, fugit irreparabile tempus,

Verg. G. 3, 284:

annus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 40:

hora,

id. C. 3, 29, 48:

aetas,

id. ib. 1, 11, 7.—Of persons:

evolat ante omnes rapidoque per aëra cursu Callaicus Lampon fugit,

hastens away, Sil. 16, 335. Here perh. belongs: acer Gelonus, Cum fugit in Rhodopen atque in deserta Getarum, i. e. swiftly roves (as a nomade), Verg. G. 3, 462 (acc. to another explan., flees, driven from his abode).—

Pregn., to vanish, disappear, to pass away, perish:

e pratis cana pruina fugit,

Ov. F. 6, 730:

fugiunt de corpore setae,

id. M. 1, 739; cf.:

jam fessae tandem fugiunt de corpore vires,

Verg. Cir. 447;

for which: calidusque e corpore sanguis Inducto pallore fugit,

Ov. M. 14, 755:

fugerat ore color,

id. H. 11, 27:

nisi causa morbi Fugerit venis,

Hor. C. 2, 2, 15:

fugiunt cum sanguine vires,

Ov. M. 7, 859:

amor,

Prop. 1, 12, 12:

memoriane fugerit in annalibus digerendis, an, etc.,

Liv. 9, 44, 4:

gratissima sunt poma, cum fugiunt,

i. e. when they wilt, become wilted, Sen. Ep. 12; cf.: vinum fugiens, under P. a.—

Trop. (rare but class.):

nos naturam sequamur, et ab omni, quod abhorret ab oculorum auriumque approbatione, fugiamus,

Cic. Off. 1, 35, 128; cf.: omne animal appetit quaedam et fugit a quibusdam;

quod autem refugit, id contra naturam est, etc.,

id. N. D. 3, 13, 33; Quint. 11, 1, 54:

ad verba,

to have recourse to, Petr. 132.

Act., to flee from, seek to avoid; to avoid, shun any thing.

Lit. (mostly poet.): erravi, post cognovi, et fugio cognitum, Enn. ap. Auct. Her. 2, 24, 38 (Trag. v. 160 Vahl.):

cum Domitius concilia conventusque hominum fugeret,

Caes. B. C. 1, 19, 2:

neminem neque populum neque privatum fugio,

Liv. 9, 1, 7:

vesanum fugiunt poëtam qui sapiunt,

Hor. A. P. 455:

percontatorem,

id. Ep. 1, 18, 69:

hostem,

id. S. 1, 3, 10:

lupus me fugit inermem,

id. C. 1, 22, 12:

nunc et ovis ultro fugiat lupus,

Verg. E. 8, 52:

(Peleus) Hippolyten dum fugit abstinens,

Hor. C. 3, 7, 18:

scriptorum chorus omnis amat nemus et fugit urbes,

id. Ep. 2, 77; id. S. 1, 6, 126:

data pocula,

Ov. M. 14, 287; cf.

vina,

id. ib. 15, 323.— Pass.:

sic litora vento Incipiente fremunt, fugitur cum portus,

i. e. is left, Stat. Th. 7, 140. —

In partic. (cf. supra, I. A. b.), to leave one's country:

nos patriam fugimus,

Verg. E. 1, 4:

Teucer Salamina patremque cum fugeret,

Hor. C. 1, 7, 22.—Hence:

quis exsul Se quoque fugit?

Hor. C. 2, 16, 20.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu), to flee away from, to escape, = effugio ( poet.;

but cf. infra, B. 2.): hac Quirinus Martis equis Acheronta fugit,

Hor. C. 3, 3, 16:

insidiatorem,

id. S. 2, 5, 25:

cuncta manus avidas fugient heredis,

id. C. 4, 7, 19.—And in a poetically inverted mode of expression: nullum Saeva caput Proserpina fugit (= nemo tam gravis est, ad quem mors non accedat), none does cruel Proserpine flee away from, avoid (i. e. none escapes death), Hor. C. 1, 28, 20.—

Trop., to flee from, avoid, shun (very freq. and class.):

conspectum multitudinis,

Caes. B. G. 7, 30, 1:

ignominiam ac dedecus,

Cic. Rep. 5, 4:

nullam molestiam,

id. ib. 3, 5; cf.

laborem,

Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 114; Verg. A. 3, 459 (opp. ferre):

recordationes,

Cic. Att. 12, 18:

vituperationem tarditatis,

id. de Or. 2, 24, 101; cf.:

majoris opprobria culpae,

Hor. Ep. 1, 9, 10:

judicium senatus,

Liv. 8, 33, 8:

vitium,

Quint. 2, 15, 16:

hanc voluptatem (with reformidare),

id. 8, 5, 32:

disciplinas omnes (Epicurus),

id. 2, 17, 15:

nuptias,

Ter. And. 4, 4, 27; cf.:

usum conjugis,

Ov. M. 10, 565:

conubia,

id. ib. 14, 69:

amplexus senis,

Tib. 1, 9, 74:

nec sequar aut fugiam, quae diligit ipse vel odit,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 72:

spondeum et dactylum (opp. sequi),

Quint. 9, 4, 87.— Pass.:

simili inscitiā mors fugitur, quasi dissolutio naturae,

Cic. Leg. 1, 11, 31:

quemadmodum ratione in vivendo fugitur invidia, sic, etc.,

Auct. Her. 4, 38, 50:

quod si curam fugimus, virtus fugienda est,

Cic. Lael. 13, 47:

fugiendas esse nimias amicitias,

id. ib. 13, 45:

fugienda semper injuria est,

id. Off. 1, 8, 25; id. Verr. 2, 3, 43, § 103:

vitiosum genus fugiendum,

id. Or. 56, 189; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 128:

petenda ac fugienda,

id. 3, 6, 49.—

Like the Gr. pheugein, with inf. (mostly poet.), to avoid doing something, to omit, forbear, beware, = omittere, cavere:

illud in his rebus longe fuge credere, etc.,

Lucr. 1, 1052:

o fuge te tenerae puerorum credere turbae,

Tib. 1, 4, 9:

quid sit futurum cras, fuge quaerere,

Hor. C. 1, 9, 13; cf.

also: fuge suspicari, etc.,

id. ib. 2, 4, 22:

mene igitur socium summis adjungere rebus, Nise, fugis?

Verg. A. 9, 200; cf. Ov. H. 9, 75:

fugeres radice vel herbā Proficiente nihil curarier,

Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 150; cf.:

neque illud fugerim dicere, ut Caelius, etc.,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 153:

huic donis patris triumphum decorare fugiendum fuit?

id. Mur. 5, 11.—

Transf. (causa pro effectu; cf. supra, II. A. 2.), to escape ( poet. also of things as subjects):

tanta est animi tenuitas, ut fugiat aciem,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 22, 50; Ov. F. 2, 80:

sed tamen admiror, quo pacto judicium illud Fugerit,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 100:

quos viros vigilantia fugit,

whom any vigilance escapes, Verg. G. 2, 265; cf. id. E. 9, 54.—

Esp. freq., res me fugit, it escapes me, escapes my notice; I do not observe it, do not know it (cf.:

latet, praeterit): novus ille populus vidit tamen id, quod fugit Lacedaemonium Lycurgum,

Cic. Rep. 2, 12; cf.:

illos id fugerat,

id. Fin. 4, 23, 63:

hominem amentem hoc fugit,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 27:

quem res nulla fugeret,

id. Rep. 2, 1:

quae (ratio) neque Solonem Atheniensem fugerat, neque nostrum senatum,

id. ib. 2, 34;

1, 16: non fugisset hoc Graecos homines, si, etc.,

id. de Or. 1, 59, 253:

neminem haec utilitas fugit,

Quint. 2, 5, 17:

nisi quae me forte fugiunt, hae sunt fere de animo sententiae,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 11, 22; Quint. 9, 2, 107; 7, 1, 40:

nullam rem esse declarant in usu positam militari, quae hujus viri scientiam fugere possit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 10, 28:

quae (partitio) fugiet memoriam judicis,

Quint. 4, 5, 3; cf. Gell. 1, 18, 6.—With a subject-clause:

de Dionysio, fugit me ad te antea scribere,

Cic. Att. 7, 18, 3; 5, 12, 3:

illud alterum quam sit difficile, te non fugit,

id. ib. 12, 42, 2.—Hence, fŭgĭens, entis, P. a., fleeing, fleeting, vanishing.

Lit.:

accipiter,

Lucr. 3, 752:

membra deficiunt, fugienti languida vitā,

id. 5, 887:

vinum,

growing flat, spoiling, Cic. Off. 3, 23, 91:

ocelli,

dying, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 49:

portus fugiens ad litora,

running back, retreating, Prop. 4 (5), 6, 15.—

Subst. in the later jurid. lang., like the Gr. ho pheugôn, the defendant:

omnimodo hoc et ab actore et a fugiente exigi,

Cod. Just. 2, 58, § 4 (for which, reus, § 7).—

Trop., with gen.:

nemo erat adeo tardus aut fugiens laboris, quin, etc.,

averse to labor, indolent, Caes. B. C. 1, 69, 3:

doloris,

Lact. 3, 8, 13:

solitudinis (with appeteus communionis ac societatis),

id. 6, 10, 18.— Comp., sup., and adv. do not occur.