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subter-fŭgĭo , fūgi, 3, v. n. and
I.a.
I. Neutr., to flee secretly or by stealth, to get off (so very rare): “subterfugisse sic mihi hodie Chrysalum,” Plaut. Bacch. 4, 6, 2; Dig. 42, 6, 20.—
II. Act., to escape, evade, avoid, shun (class.; “a favorite word of Cic.): mare,” Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 83: “vim criminum,” Cic. Verr. 1, 3, 8: “imprudentiam,” id. ib. 1, 4, 13: “militiam,” id. Off. 3, 26, 97: poenam aut calamitatem, id. Caecin. 34, 100: “periculum,” id. Fam. 15, 1, 4: “omnia quasi fata,” id. Lael. 10, 35: “tempestatem Punici belli,” Liv. 31, 10: “jus fisci,” Suet. Vesp. 23.—With inf.: “dicere,” Quint. Decl. 6, 12.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (9):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 15.1.4
    • Cicero, Against Verres, 2.3.19
    • Cicero, For Aulus Caecina, 34.100
    • Plautus, Bacchides, 4.6
    • Suetonius, Divus Vespasianus, 23
    • Plautus, Mercator, 1.2
    • Livy, The History of Rome, Book 31, 10
    • Cicero, De Amicitia, 10
    • Cicero, De Officiis, 3.26
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