LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation

fugō

fugō (present infinitive fugāre, perfect active fugāvī, supine fugātum)
Classical[ˈfʊ.ɡoː]Ecclesiastical[ˈfuː.ɡo]
№ 957 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. to chase away, put to flight
    C. Sulpicio cui Sicilia euenerat duae legiones quas P. Cornelius habuisset decretae et supplementum de exercitu Cn. Fului, qui priore anno in Apulia foede caesus fugatusque erat.To Gaius Sulpicius to whom Sicily was allotted two legions which Publius Cornelius had held were decided upon and reinforcements from Gnaius Fulvius’ army, which in the previous year had been shamefully defeated decisively and put to flight in Apulia27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab urbe condita 26.1
  2. to drive into exile
  3. to dismiss, to avert

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

in fugam pellō; hostēs fugātī currunt.
fugō -āre — in Mille Verba, Bellum et Arma

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.fugōfugābamfugābōfugāvīfugāveramfugāverō
fugārō
2nd sg.fugāsfugābāsfugābisfugāvistī
fugāstī		fugāverās
fugārās		fugāveris
3rd sg.fugatfugābatfugābitfugāvitfugāverat
fugārat		fugāverit
fugārit
1st pl.fugāmusfugābāmusfugābimusfugāvimusfugāverāmusfugāverimus
fugārimus
2nd pl.fugātisfugābātisfugābitisfugāvistis
fugāstis		fugāverātis
fugārātis		fugāveritis
fugāritis
3rd pl.fugantfugābantfugābuntfugāvērunt
fugāvēre, fugārunt		fugāverant
fugārant		fugāverint
fugārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.fugemfugāremfugāverim
fugārim		fugāvissem
fugāssem
2nd sg.fugēsfugārēsfugāverīsfugāvissēs
fugāssēs
3rd sg.fugetfugāretfugāverit
fugārit		fugāvisset
fugāsset
1st pl.fugēmusfugārēmusfugāverīmus
fugārīmus		fugāvissēmus
fugāssēmus
2nd pl.fugētisfugārētisfugāverītis
fugārītis		fugāvissētis
fugāssētis
3rd pl.fugentfugārentfugāverint
fugārint		fugāvissent
fugāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.fugorfugābarfugābor
2nd sg.fugāris
fugāre		fugābāris
fugābāre		fugāberis
fugābere
3rd sg.fugāturfugābāturfugābitur
1st pl.fugāmurfugābāmurfugābimur
2nd pl.fugāminīfugābāminīfugābiminī
3rd pl.fuganturfugābanturfugābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.fugerfugārer
2nd sg.fugēris
fugēre		fugārēris
fugārēre
3rd sg.fugēturfugārētur
1st pl.fugēmurfugārēmur
2nd pl.fugēminīfugārēminī
3rd pl.fugenturfugārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.fugāfugāre
pres. 2nd pl.fugātefugāminī
fut. 2nd sg.fugātōfugātor
fut. 3rd sg.fugātōfugātor
fut. 2nd pl.fugātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.fugantōfugantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivefugārefugārī
perfect infinitivefugāvisse
fugāsse		fugātum esse
future infinitivefugātūrum essefugātum īrī
present participlefugāns—
perfect participle—fugātus
fugāta, fugātā, fugātae, fugātam, fugātārum, fugātās, fugātī, fugātōrum, fugātōs
future participlefugātūrus
fugātūra, fugātūrā, fugātūrae, fugātūram, fugātūrārum, fugātūrās, fugātūre, fugātūrī, fugātūrīs, fugātūrō, fugātūrōrum, fugātūrōs, fugātūrum		fugandus
fuganda, fugandā, fugandae, fugandam, fugandārum, fugandās, fugande, fugandīs, fugandōrum, fugandōs
gerundfugandī, fugandō, fugandumsupinefugātum, fugātū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

fugare hostem
to put the enemy to flight.
fundere et fugare hostem
to utterly rout the enemy.

fŭgo, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. id.,
I. to cause to flee, to put to flight, drive or chase away, to rout, discomfit (rare but class.): qui homines inermes armis, viris, terrore repulerit, fugarit, averterit, Cic. Caecin. 12, 33; cf.: fugatus, pulsus, id. ib. 11, 31; 23, 64: Latini ad Veserim fusi et fugati, id. Off. 3, 31, 112: hostes (with fundere), Sall. J. 21, 2; 58, 3; Vell. 46 fin.; cf.: fugato omni equitatu, Caes. B. G. 7, 68, 1: fugatis equitibus, Sall. J. 101, 10: fugato duce altero, Hirt. B. G. 8, 36, 1: Hannibalem Lares Romanā sede fugantes, Prop. 3, 3 (4, 2), 11: indoctum doctumque fugat recitator acerbus, Hor. A. P. 474: nisi me mea Musa fugasset, had not sent me into exile, Ov. P. 3, 5, 21; cf.: longe fugati conspectu ex hominum, Lucr. 3, 48: dum rediens fugat astra Phoebus, Hor. C. 3, 21, 24: fugatis tenebris, id. ib. 4, 4, 39: (flammas) a classe, Ov. M. 13, 8: maculas ore, id. Med. Fac. 78: fugat e templis oculos Bona diva virorum, id. A. A. 3, 637: tela sonante fugat nervo, lets fly, discharges, Sil. 2, 91: saepe etiam audacem fugat hoc terretque poëtam, Quod, etc., Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 182; cf.: id quidem multos a proposito studendi fugat, Quint. 2, 2, 7: fugat hoc (telum), facit illud amorem, etc., Ov. M. 1, 469 sq.: nostro de corde fugabitur ardor, id. ib. 9, 502.—Trop.: Martia cui somnos classica pulsa fugent, Tib. 1, 1, 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰewg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰugéh₂
  3. Proto-Italic*fugā
  4. Latinfugō

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin fugō From fuga (“flight, escape, exile”) + -ō.

Balkano-Romance
  • Romanianfuga
  • Romanianfugare
  • Aromanianfug
  • Aromanianfugari
Italo-Romance
  • Italianfugare
  • Italiansfugà
  • Sicilianfugari
Borrowings
  • Portuguesefugar
  • Spanishfugar
Gallo-Italic
  • Lombardfoar
Gallo-Romance
  • Old Frenchfuer
  • Old Occitanfugar
  • Old Occitanfougar

Quick answers

What does fugō mean in Latin?
fugō, a verb, means “to chase away, put to flight; to drive into exile; to dismiss, to avert”.
What are the principal parts of fugō?
fugō, fugāre, fugāvī, fugātum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce fugō?
In classical Latin, [ˈfʊ.ɡoː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈfuː.ɡo].
Where does fugō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- → Proto-Indo-European *bʰugéh₂ → Proto-Italic *fugā → Latin fugō.