fugitor
Latin
Etymology
From fugere + -tor.
Noun
fugitor m (genitive fugitōris); third declension
- who flees or retreats
- c. 195 BCE, Plautus, Trinummus 718–724:
- quid ego nunc agam,
nisi uti sarcinam constringam et clupeum ad dorsum accomodem,
fulmentas iubeam suppingi soccis? non sisti potest.
video caculam militarem me futurum hau longius:
atque aliquem ad regem in saginam si eru’ se coniexit meus,
credo ad summos bellatores acrem – fugitorem fore
et capturum spolia ibi illum qui meo ero advorsus venerit.- What do I do now, if not to pack my knapsack, fit my shield on my back, and let fasten the heels under the shoes? It cannot be stopped.
I see myself as a military drudge in a future not far:
My master stepping into the service and nourishment of some king, I believe that with the mightiest warriors he will be the foremost in retreat
And will seize spoils where someone shall come against my master.
- What do I do now, if not to pack my knapsack, fit my shield on my back, and let fasten the heels under the shoes? It cannot be stopped.
- quid ego nunc agam,
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fugitor | fugitōrēs |
| Genitive | fugitōris | fugitōrum |
| Dative | fugitōrī | fugitōribus |
| Accusative | fugitōrem | fugitōrēs |
| Ablative | fugitōre | fugitōribus |
| Vocative | fugitor | fugitōrēs |
Verb
fugitor
- second/third-person singular future passive imperative of fugiō
References
- “fugitor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fugitor in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- fugitor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette