Lewis Short
(verb) : dē-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, and n.
* Act.
* With acc., to run away from; to flee, shun, avoid: fugiendo devitare (class.): aditum alicujus sermonemque,Caes. B. G. 6, 13, 7: proelium,id. B. C. 1, 82, 2: patriam,Cic. Rep. 2, 19, 34 (dub.): munus,id. ib. 6, 15; id. Att. 8, 3, 4: injurias fortunae defugiendo relinquas,id. Tusc. 5, 41, 118: eam disputationem,id. de Or. 1, 23 fin.: contentiones, inimicitias, vitae dimicationes,id. Planc. 32: auctoritatem,to withdraw from responsibility,Plaut. Poen. 1, 1, 19; Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 98; Cic. Sull. 11, 33 et saep.
* Intrans., to escape by flight, run away: circa ripam Tiberis, quo sinistrum cornu defugit,Liv. 5, 38.
* Absol., to shun, avoid, escape: rempublicam suscipiant: sin timore defugiant, etc.,Caes. B. C. 1, 32, 7.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary