I. Act., to flee before or from, to flee, fly from any thing (poet. and post-Aug.): “Phocaeorum Velut profugit execrata civitas Agros,” Hor. Epod. 16, 18: “conspectum conversationemque civium suorum profugit,” Sen. Cons. ad Polyb. 17 (36), 4: “sedes suas,” Col. 1, 3, 6: “natos,” Plin. 7, 2, 2, § 14: “dominos,” Curt. 10, 2, 20; Sen. Herc. Fur. 977.—
II. Neutr., to flee, run away, escape (class.): “domo profugiens,” Plaut. Capt. prol. 18: “pedibus Hadrumetum profugerat,” Caes. B. C. 2, 23: “Babyloniam,” Just. 11, 12, 1: “Cirtam,” Sall. J. 21, 2; 23, 2: “aliquo,” Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 31: “longius,” Hirt. B. G. 8, 13: “istinc,” Cic. Sen. 14, 47: “ex oppido,” Caes. B. G. 7, 11: “in Britanniam,” id. ib. 2, 14: “domo,” Cic. Brut. 89, 306; Liv. 1, 59: “cum vi prope justorum armorum profugisset,” Cic. Sest. 22, 50 B. and K. (Klotz, vim): “in exsilium,” id. Dom. 32, 86: “ex proelio in provinciam,” Sall. J. 13, 4: “e carcere,” Vell. 2, 19, 3; 2, 30, 5.—
B. In partic., to flee for succor to one, take refuge with one (class.): “se profugere ad Brutum,” Cic. Att. 15, 21, 1: “ad Ciceronem,” Caes. B. G. 5, 44; Sall. J. 74, 1; Just. 13, 8, 2.