fugio

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈfʊ.ɡi.oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈfuː.d͡ʒi.o]

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. (ambitransitive) 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, be averse to or from

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

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

   • 166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 766:

     CHREMĒS: Rēctē ego semper fūgī hās nūptiās.

     CHREMES: I’ve been right all along to have avoided this wedding (taking place).

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		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		fugere			fugī			fugiēns			—
future		fugitūrum esse			fugitum īrī			fugitūrus			fugiendus, fugiundus
perfect		fūgisse			fugitum esse			—			fugitus
future perfect		—			fugitum fore			—			—
perfect potential		fugitūrum fuisse			—			—			—
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		fugiendī		fugiendō		fugiendum		fugiendō		fugitum		fugitū

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• fuga
• fugācius
• fugitāns
• fugitīvus
• fugō
• perfuga
• trānsfuga

Descendants

Descendants

• Aromanian: fug, fudziri
• Asturian: fuxir
• Aragonese: fuyir
• Catalan: fugir
• English: -fugal
• Franco-Provençal: fuire
• French: fuir
• Friulian: fuî
• Galician: fuxir
• Italian: fuggire
• Judeo-Italian: פֿוּיֵירֵי (p̄uyere /⁠fujere⁠/), פֿוּאירי (p̄uʔire /⁠fuire⁠/)
• Occitan: fugir
• Portuguese: fugir
• Romanian: fugi, fugire
• Romansch: fugir, fugeir, fügir
• Sicilian: fùjiri
• Sardinian: fugire, fugiri, fuzire
• Spanish: fuir, 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 (2003-2025), Dizionario Latino, Olivetti Media Communication
• “fugio”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎, 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)