A.flight in battle, “ἀΐξαντε φυγῇ” Od.10.117; “οὐδέ τις ἀλκὴ . . οὐδὲ φ.” 22.306; “ἐς φ. ἐτράποντο” Hdt.8.89; ἐς φ. ὁρμᾶσθαι, ὁρμᾶν, E.Rh.143, X.Cyr.4.2.28; φυγὴν αἱρεῖσθαι, ἀρεῖσθαι, A.Pers. 481 (sed leg. αἴρονται), E.Rh.54; “ἰσχυρὰν τὴν φ. τοῖς πολεμίοις . . ἐποίει” X.Cyr.1.4.22; ἰσχυρὰ φ. ἐγένετο ib.7.1.26; generally, flight, Ev. Matt.24.20; φ. ἑλέσθαι take to flight, PGnom.102 (ii A. D.): dat. φυγῇ, used adverbially, in hasty flight, “φυγᾷ πόδα νωμᾶν” S.OT468 (lyr.); “φυγᾷ ποδὶ ἴχνος ἔφερε” E.Or.1468 (lyr.); “φ. ἐξαλύξωμεν ποδί” Id.El.218, cf. Ba.437, Hec.1066 (lyr.); φεύγειν φ., φ. ἀναχωρεῖν, Pl. Smp.195b, 221a; “φ. φευκτέον” Luc.Ind.16: pl., ἐν ταῖς φυγαῖς, of the flight of the country people of Attica into the city, in the Pelop. war, Ar.Ec.243; “φεύγουσί τινας οὐκ αἰσχρὰς φ.” Pl.Lg.706c.
2. flight or escape from a thing, avoidance of it, c. gen., “γάμον” A.Supp. 395 (lyr.); “νόσων ἀμηχάνων φυγὰς ξυμπέφρασται” S.Ant.364 (lyr.), cf. OC280; “λέκτρων φυγαί” E.Hel.799; “ἀγαθῶν φυγάς” Pl.Ti.69d; “τῶν σιτίων” Gal.15.180; opp. αἵρεσις, Epicur.Ep.3p.62U., al., cf. S.E.P. 1.87; “τὰς ὀρθὰς αἱρέσεις καὶ φ.” Phld.Herc.1251.11; opp. δίωξις, Epicur.Sent.25.
3. place of refuge, D.S.17.78.
4. slipping of a bandage, Hp.Off.9.
II. banishment, exile, “νῦν μὲν δικάζεις ἐκ πόλεως φυγὴν ἐμοί” A.Ag.1412, cf. Ch.254; “ἐκ γῆς” S.OT659, etc.; “ἐνιαυσία ἔκδημος φ.” E.Hipp.37; “τῆς φυγῆς ἧς αὐτοὶ ἔφυγον” Lys.13.74; συμφυγεῖν τὴν φ. ταύτην (sc. ὑμῖν) to go into banishment with . . Pl.Ap.21a; φυγὴν ἐπιβαλὼν ἑωυτῷ imposing banishment on oneself Hdt.7.3; “φυγῇ ζημιοῦν” E.Or.900, cf.IG12.39.7, Pl.Grg.516d; “φυγὴν καταγνῶναί τινος” And.1.106, Lys.14.38; φυγῆς τιμήσασθαι (sc. δίκην) the penalty of exile, Pl.Ap.37c, cf. Cri.52c; ἐπὶ φόνῳ . . φ. Decr. ap. And.1.78 (dub.l.); “τῆς πατρίδος φ. ποιήσασθαι” Lys.3.42; εὐθύνας . . εἶναι . . πλὴν φυγῆς καὶ θανάτου καὶ ἀτιμίας IGl.c. 73: pl., E.Hipp. 1043, Pl.Prt.325b, etc.; “φυγὰς ἐμὰς χθονός” E.Med.400; “φυγαὶ καὶ διώξεις” Pl.Lg.638a.
2. as a collect. Noun, = φυγάδες, body of exiles or refugees, A.Supp.74 (lyr.), Th.8.64, Aeschin.2.143; κατάγειν τὴν φυγήν to recall them, X.HG5.2.9; pl., “συλλέξαι τὰς φυγάς” Pl.Lg.682e, cf. Plu.Flam.12.
