noun · femininefirst declension
fuga
fuga f (genitive fugae)
Classical[ˈfʊ.ɡa]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuː.ɡa]
№ 364 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- feminineflight, fleeing, escape
Pestilentī dēsertā regiōne vēlōciōrī sē fugā prōripiunt.
They rush away from the pestilential, deserted region in a swifter flight.Mātūrāte fugam, rēgīque haec dīcite vestrō: [...].
“Hasten [your] escape, and go tell your king these [words]: ….” (Neptune dismisses the winds with a message for King Aeolus.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.137 - feminineavoidance
- feminineexile
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
cum quis fugit; fugā salūtem petimus.fuga -ae f — in Mille Verba, ch. Via et Iter
cursus fugientisfuga -ae (f) — in Metamorphoses I, †
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | fuga | fugae |
| genitive | fugae | fugārum |
| dative | fugae | fugīs |
| accusative | fugam | fugās |
| ablative | fugā | fugīs |
| vocative | fuga | fugae |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- fuga salutem petere
- to seek safety in flight.
- fugam capessere, capere
- to take to flight.
- se dare in fugam, fugae
- to take to flight.
- fugam facere (Sall. Iug. 53)
- (1) to put to flight, (2) to take to flight.
- praecipitem se fugae mandare
- to flee headlong.
- fugae se mandare (B. G. 2. 24)
- to take to flight.
- se fuga recipere (B. G. 1. 11)
- to save oneself by flight.
- in fugam dare, conicere hostem
- to put the enemy to flight.
4 more phrases
- se conicere, se conferre in fugam
- to take to flight.
- fuga effusa, praeceps (Liv. 30. 5)
- headlong flight.
- fugam hostium reprimere (B. G. 3. 14)
- to bring the flying enemy to a stand.
- ex (in) fuga dissipati or dispersi (B. G. 2. 24)
- soldiers routed and dispersed.
fŭga, ae (archaic
I. gen. sing. fugaï, Lucr. 1, 1047; 4, 713), f. Sanscr. bhug'-, bend; Gr. φεύγω, φυγή, flight, φύζα, terror; Germ. biegen, bend. On fugere and flectere, AngloSax. būgan and fleon; Germ. biegen and fliehen, v. Grimm, Deutsch. Wörterb. 1, 1814, a fleeing, flight, a running away (cf.: effugium, exsilium).
I. Lit.
A. In gen.: quove nunc Auxilio aut exili aut fugae freta sim? Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 3, 19, 44 (Trag. v. 113 Vahl.):
mittam illa, fugam ab urbe turpissimam, Cic. Att. 7, 21, 1: desperata, id. Phil. 5, 11, 30: dant sese in fugam milites, take flight, Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 43, § 95; so, in fugam se conferre, id. Caecin. 8, 22: se conicere, id. Cael. 26, 63: fugam capere, Caes. B. G. 7, 26, 3: petere, id. ib. 2, 24, 1: parare, Cic. Att. 7, 26, 1: fugae sese mandare, Caes. B. G. 2, 24, 2: hostes dare in fugam, to put to flight, id. ib. 2, 23, 2; 5, 51 fin.; for which: convertere aciem in fugam, id. ib. 1, 52, 6: conicere hostes in fugam, id. ib. 6, 8, 6; 7, 70, 3: impellere in fugam, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 22: facere fugam, to make or cause flight, put to flight, Liv. 1, 56, 4; 21, 5, 16 Drak.; 21, 52, 10; 22, 24, 8; 26, 4, 8; but also to take flight, to flee, Sall. J. 53, 3; 58, 4; Liv. 8, 9, 12; cf. in Verg., dare fugam, under B.: esse in fuga, Cic. Att. 7, 23, 2; 7, 24: reprimere fugam, to prevent, id. ib. 7, 26, 1; Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 1: spem fugae tollere, id. ib. 1, 25: exercitum fuga, formidine terroreque complere, Ser. Samm. ap. Macr. S. 3, 9, 9.—Plur. (mostly poet.): quantae in periculis fugae proximorum, Cic. Mil. 26, 69: celeres fugae, Hor. C. 4, 8, 15: notusque fugarum Vertit terga Hasdrubal, Sil. 17, 148; cf.: fugas servorum ridet, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 121.—2. In partic., flight from one's native land, expatriation, exile, banishment:
sibi exsilium et fugam deprecari, Cic. de Or. 3, 3, 9; id. Off. 2, 6, 20; cf. id. Rep. 1, 3; Ov. P. 2, 8, 68: latā fugā damnari, Amm. 19, 12, 9.—In plur.: quoties fugas et caedes jussit princeps, Tac. A. 14, 64: exsilia et fugae, id. Agr. 45.—B. Transf., in gen., a flying, swift course or motion, speed (poet.):
qualis equos Threissa fatigat Harpalyce volucremque fugā praevertitur Hebrum, Verg. A. 1, 317: cui cesserit incitus amnis: Tanta fuga est, Sil. 3, 307: latumque fuga superabitis amnem, Grat. Cyn. 378: exspectet facilemquo fugam ventosque ferentes, a swift voyage, Verg. A. 4, 430; cf.: (Neptunus) fugam dedit et praeter vada fervida vexit, gave a swift passage, id. ib. 7, 24; but different: fugam dant nubila caelo, hasten away, flee away, id. ib. 12, 367: fuga temporum, a fleeing away, flight, Hor. C. 3, 30, 5: quaere fugam morbi, seek the removal of the disorder, id. Ep. 1, 6, 29: nobilis hic (equus), cujus clara fuga ante alios, Juv. 8, 61.—2. In plur., they who flee, runaways:
signa fugarum, Col. poët. 10, 125: plane fugae merae, Petr. 45 fin.—II. Trop., a fleeing from, avoiding, escape from an evil; disinclination, aversion (class.):
simili sunt in culpa, qui officia deserunt mollitia animi, id est laborum et dolorum fuga, Cic. Fin. 1, 10, 33: fuga laboris desidiam coarguit, id. Mur. 4, 9: turpitudinis (opp. appetentia honestatis), id. Rep. 1, 2: hanc ignominiam, vel exsilio vel morte, si alia fuga honoris non esset, vitassem, Liv. 3, 67, 2: culpae, Hor. A. P. 31: leti, id. S. 2, 6, 95: paupertatis, id. Ep. 1, 18, 24: pericli, Verg. A. 8, 251: ipsius lucis (with taedium), Quint. 1, 3, 66: quomodo enim vester Axilla Ala factus est, nisi fugā litterae vastioris? Cic. Or. 45, 153.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
fuga ae, f
2 FVG-, a fleeing, flight, running away : adornare fugam, T.: ab urbe turpissima: desperata: exercitūs foeda, S.: dant sese in fugam milites: fugam capere, Cs.: parare: hostīs dare in fugam, put to flight , Cs.: in fugam conicere, Cs.: impellere in fugam: cum terrorem fugamque fecisset, caused a panic , L.: fugam ex ripā fecit, drove (the foe), L.: fugam faciunt, take flight , S.: neque hostium fugam reprimi posse, be checked , Cs.: opportunior fugae collis, S.: naves eius fugā se Adrumetum receperunt, after his flight , Cs.: quantae in periculis fugae proximorum: celeres fugae, H.— Expatriation, exile, banishment : se in fugam coniecisse: Aristidi: exsilia et fugae, Ta.— A flying, swift course, rapid motion, speed : Harpalyce volucrem fugā praevertitur Hebrum, V.: facilis, a swift voyage , V.: (Neptunus) fugam dedit, a swift passage , V.: fugam dant nubila caelo, flee away , V.: temporum, flight , H.: (equus) Clara ante alios, Iu.— A place of banishment, refuge : toto quaeret in orbe fugam, O.— A means of removal, remedy : morbi, H.—Fig., a fleeing, avoiding, avoidance, shunning, escape : laborum: turpitudinis: alia honoris, honorable way of escape , L.: leti, H.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *fugā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰugéh₂. Cognate to Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ).
Elsewhere
- Italianfoga
- Frenchfouguefrom Italian foga
- Catalanfuga
- Frenchfugue
- Englishfuguefrom French fugue
- Italianfuga
- Occitanfòga
- Portuguesefuga
- Spanishfuga
- Friulianfoghe
Eastern Romance
- Romanianfugă
- Aromanianfugã