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|lshtext=<b>fŭgax</b>: ācis, adj. [[fugio]],<br /><b>I</b> [[apt]] to [[flee]], [[flying]] [[swiftly]], [[swift]], [[fleet]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]]. and in [[post]]-Aug. [[prose]]; cf. [[fugitivus]]).<br /><b>I</b> Lit.: fugaces Lyncas et cervos cohibentis arcu, Hor. C. 4, 6, 33; so, [[caprea]], Verg. A. 10, 724: ferae, id. ib. 9, 591: cervi, id. G. 3, 539: [[mors]] et fugacem persequitur virum, Hor. C. 3, 2, 14; cf.: [[comes]] atra ([[cura]]) premit sequiturque fugacem, id. S. 2, 7, 115: [[Pholoe]], [[who]] flees from wooers, [[coy]], id. C. 2, 5, 17: [[lympha]], id. ib. 2, 3, 12.—Comp.: ventis, volucrique fugacior aurā, Ov. M. 13, 807.—Sup.: ignavissimus et fugacissimus [[hostis]], Liv. 5, 28, 8.—As a [[term]] of [[vituperation]], of a [[slave]]: [[lurco]], [[edax]], [[furax]], [[fugax]], [[runaway]], Plaut. Pers. 3, 3, 16.—<br /><b>II</b> Trop.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Fleeting, [[transitory]]: haec omnia quae habent speciem gloriae, contemne: brevia, fugacia, caduca existima; * Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5: fugaces Labuntur anni, Hor. C. 2, 14, 1: blanditiae, Plin. poët. Ep. 7, 4, 7.—Comp.: non aliud [[pomum]] fugacius, [[that]] [[sooner]] spoils, Plin. 15, 12, 11, § 40.—Sup.: bona, Sen. Ep. 74 med.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> With gen., fleeing, shunning, avoiding a [[thing]]: sollicitaeque [[fugax]] ambitionis eram, Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 38: [[fugax]] rerum, id. ib. 3, 2, 9: fugacissimus gloriae, Sen. Ben. 4, 32.—Hence, adv.: fŭgācĭ-ter, in fleeing; [[only]] comp.: [[utrum]] a se audacius an fugacius ab hostibus geratur [[bellum]], [[whether]] in prosecuting the [[war]] his [[own]] [[boldness]] or the [[enemy]]'s [[disposition]] to [[flee]] [[was]] the greater, Liv. 28, 8, 3.
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|gf=<b>fŭgāx</b>,¹⁰ ācis ([[fugio]]),<br /><b>1</b> disposé à fuir, fuyard : fugacissimus [[hostis]] Liv. 5, 28, 8, ennemi le [[plus]] fuyard || toujours en fuite [en parl. d’un esclave] : Pl. Pers. 421<br /><b>2</b> qui fuit, qui court, [[rapide]] : fugacior Ov. M. 13, 807 || [fig.] passager, éphémère : Cic. Fam. 10, 12, 5 ; Hor. O. 2, 14, 1 || [avec gén.] qui cherche à éviter, qui fuit : gloriæ Sen. Ben. 4, 32, 4, qui fuit la gloire, cf. Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 38.
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