Lewis Short
(verb) : rĕ-fŭgĭo, fūgi, 3, and
* A. (freq. and class.).
* Neutr., to flee back; to run away, flee, escape.
* Lit.: ex alto,Caes. B. C. 2, 23; cf.: ex castris in montem,id. ib. 3, 99fin.: ex caede in castra,Hirt. B. G. 8, 36: ex cursu ad Philippum,Liv. 23, 39: a Parthiā,Just. 42, 5, 3: acie refugere,Caes. B. C. 3, 95: velocissime,id. B. G. 5, 35.— Absol., Caes. B. G. 7, 31; id. B. C. 3, 40; 3, 101; Liv. 2, 50; 31, 36; Verg. A. 12, 449.— With acc. of distance: mille fugit refugitque vias (cervus),Verg. A. 12, 753: admissis equis ad suos refugerunt,Caes. B. C. 2, 34: ad urbem,Liv. 43, 47 fin.: in portum,Caes. B. C. 3, 24: in aquam,Liv. 21, 28: in silvam,Verg. A. 3, 258: in nemus,id. ib. 6, 472: intra tecta,id. ib. 7, 500: per devios tramites,Suet. Aug. 16: Syracusas,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 38, § 101: domum,Suet. Caes. 16.
* Act., to flee back, run away from any thing; to avoid, shun a thing.
* Trop.: ne recordatione mei casus a consiliis fortibus refugiatis,Cic. Sest. 23, 51: ab institutā consuetudine,id. Att. 1, 1, 4: ab hac orationis turpitudine,id. Cael. 17, 41: a genere hoc toto sermonis,id. de Or. 1, 22, 99: a dicendo,id. ib. 2, 3, 10: dum recordationes fugio . . . refugio a te admonendo,id. Att. 12, 18, 1; cf.: ab iis quae laedunt,Quint. 4, 1, 44: animus luctu refugit,Verg. A. 2, 12: refugit animus eaque dicere reformidat,Cic. Phil. 14, 3, 9: possum multa tibi veterum praecépta referre, Ni refugis, if you do not decline (to hear them), Verg. G. 1, 177.
* Pregn., to flee, to take refuge with a person or thing: ad legatos,Cic. Deiot. 11, 32: in arcem majorem,Liv. 38, 29: ad planctus,Stat. S. 5, 1, 30: ad carminis tranquillitatem tamquam ad portum faciliorem,Petr. 118, 2.
* Lit.: judicem,Cic. Rosc. Com. 15, 45: impetum armati Antiochi ceterorumque tela atque incursus refugit,id. Caecin. 8, 22: quod autem refugit (animal), id contra naturam est,id. N. D. 3, 13, 33: non modo id refugisti,Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 16, § 40: C. Cassium obvium sibi,Suet. Caes. 63: trepidus repente refugit Attollentem iras (anguem),Verg. A. 2, 380: (Cupido) refugit te,Hor. C. 4, 13, 10.— Poet., with inf.: nec Polyhymnia Lesboum refugit tendere barbiton,Hor. C. 1, 1, 34; Ov. Am. 3, 6, 5.
* Trop. (freq. after the Aug. per.): refugit Foeda ministeria,Verg. A. 7, 618: vicina jurgia,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 171: mandatum opus,Ov. H. 14, 50: haec vitia,Quint. 4, 2, 43: delicatam modulandi voluptatem,id. 9, 4, 31: distinctionem quaestionum,id. 4, 5, 6: id quod malum casurum putat refugit mens,Varr. L. L. 6, § 48 Miill.: et alia, quae nunc memoriam meam refugiunt,escape my memory,Col. 12, 52, 8: mortem natura refugit,Aug. Serm. 172, 1.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary