diffugio
κείνους δὲ κλαίω ξυμφορᾷ κεχρημένους (Euripides' Medea 347) → I weep for those who have suffered disaster
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dif-fŭgĭo: fūgi, 3,
I v. n., to fly asunder, flee in different directions, to disperse, scatter (class.): diffugiebat enim varium genus omne ferarum, Lucr. 5, 1337 sq.; 3, 256; cf. id. 1, 762 sq.: vox una diffugit in multas aures, id. 4, 564: metu perterriti repente diffugimus, Cic. Phil. 2, 42, 108; id. Fam. 15, 1, 5; id. Off. 3, 32, 114; Suet. Caes. 82; Hor. C. 1, 35, 26; Verg. A. 2, 212; 4, 123; Ov. F. 2, 211; id. M. 7, 257 et saep.: diffugiunt stellae, id. ib. 2, 114; cf.: diffugere nives, to scatter, disappear, Hor. C. 4, 7, 1: mordaces sollicitudines, id. ib. 1, 18, 4: tota exterrita silvis Diffugiunt armenta, Verg. G. 3, 150; cf. id. A. 10, 804.—Designating the limit: spiritus unguenti suavis diffugit in auras, Lucr. 3, 223: in vicos passim suos, Liv. 21, 28; cf.: ad sua praesidia, Hirt. B. G. 8, 35 fin.: ad naves, Verg. A. 2, 399: per agros, Val. Fl. 3, 255.
