diffugio

Latin

Etymology

From dis- +‎ fugiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

diffugiō (present infinitive diffugere, perfect active diffūgī, supine diffūgitum); third conjugation iō-variant, impersonal in the passive

  1. to scatter, disperse or dispel
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 2.212:
      “Diffugimus vīsū exsanguēs.”
      “Pale [with fear], we scatter at the sight [of the sea serpents].” – Aeneas
  2. to flee or run away
    Synonyms: fugiō, ēvādō, cōnfugiō, refugiō, aufugiō, prōfugiō, effugiō, perfugiō, āvolō, ēlābor, ēripiō, lābor

Conjugation
   Conjugation of diffugiō (third conjugation iō-variant, impersonal in passive)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present diffugiō diffugis diffugit diffugimus diffugitis diffugiunt
imperfect diffugiēbam diffugiēbās diffugiēbat diffugiēbāmus diffugiēbātis diffugiēbant
future diffugiam diffugiēs diffugiet diffugiēmus diffugiētis diffugient
perfect diffūgī diffūgistī diffūgit diffūgimus diffūgistis diffūgērunt,
diffūgēre
pluperfect diffūgeram diffūgerās diffūgerat diffūgerāmus diffūgerātis diffūgerant
future perfect diffūgerō diffūgeris diffūgerit diffūgerimus diffūgeritis diffūgerint
passive present — — diffugitur — — —
imperfect — — diffugiēbātur — — —
future — — diffugiētur — — —
perfect — — diffūgitum est — — —
pluperfect — — diffūgitum erat — — —
future perfect — — diffūgitum erit — — —
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present diffugiam diffugiās diffugiat diffugiāmus diffugiātis diffugiant
imperfect diffugerem diffugerēs diffugeret diffugerēmus diffugerētis diffugerent
perfect diffūgerim diffūgerīs diffūgerit diffūgerīmus diffūgerītis diffūgerint
pluperfect diffūgissem diffūgissēs diffūgisset diffūgissēmus diffūgissētis diffūgissent
passive present — — diffugiātur — — —
imperfect — — diffugerētur — — —
perfect — — diffūgitum sit — — —
pluperfect — — diffūgitum esset,
diffūgitum foret		 — — —
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — diffuge — — diffugite —
future — diffugitō diffugitō — diffugitōte diffugiuntō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives diffugere diffūgisse diffūgitūrum esse diffugī diffūgitum esse —
participles diffugiēns — diffūgitūrus — diffūgitum diffugiendum,
diffugiundum
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
diffugiendī diffugiendō diffugiendum diffugiendō diffūgitum diffūgitū

References
  • “diffugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diffugio”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • diffugio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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