φεύγω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

Category:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *bʰewg- (flee)#ΦΕΥΓΩ

From Proto-HellenicCategory:Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΦΕΥΓΩ *pʰéugō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΦΕΥΓΩ *bʰewg- (to flee).[1] Related to φυγή (phugḗ, verbal noun) and Latin fugiō.

Pronunciation

Verb

φεύγω (pheúgō)Category:Ancient Greek lemmas#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Ancient Greek verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Pages with entries#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΦΕΥΓΩ

  1. (intransitiveCategory:Ancient Greek intransitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ) to flee, run off, go a certain direction with haste (often with prepositions)
  2. (transitiveCategory:Ancient Greek transitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ) to flee, escape, avoid, get away from (danger or trouble)
  3. (transitiveCategory:Ancient Greek transitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ or intransitiveCategory:Ancient Greek intransitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ) to leave the country, go into exile
    1. (intransitiveCategory:Ancient Greek intransitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ) to be exiled, banished, driven out of the country [with ὑπό (hupó, + genitive) ‘by someone’]
    2. (intransitiveCategory:Ancient Greek intransitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ, present and imperfect) to be in exile, live in banishment
  4. (perfect) to have escaped, be safe from
    • c. 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Odyssey 1.11–12:
      ἔνθ’ ἄλλοι μὲν πάντες, ὅσοι φύγον αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον
      οἴκοι ἔσαν, πόλεμόν τε πεφευγότες ἠδὲ θάλασσαν·
      énth’ álloi mèn pántes, hósoi phúgon aipùn ólethron
      oíkoi ésan, pólemón te pepheugótes ēdè thálassan;
      At that time, all the others that had fled sheer destruction
      were at home, having escaped war and the sea.
      Category:Ancient Greek terms with quotations#ΦΕΥΓΩ
  5. (lawCategory:grc:Law#ΦΕΥΓΩ, chiefly present and imperfect) to be accused of a crime; often with δίκην (díkēn) and genitive of the crime

Usage notes

The present and imperfect often have a conative reading: to try to get away, intend to leave.

Inflection

Future active only appears in Koine Greek, in the form ἐκφεύξω (ekpheúxō).

Antonyms

  • (antonym(s) of to flee, be accused): διώκω (diṓkō, to pursue, accuse)

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “φεύγω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1564

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient GreekCategory:Greek terms inherited from Ancient Greek#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Greek terms derived from Ancient Greek#ΦΕΥΓΩ φεύγω (pheúgō, flee) (the sense "leave" since mediaeval times. From Proto-HellenicCategory:Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic#ΦΕΥΓΩ *pʰéugō, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:Greek terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#ΦΕΥΓΩ *bʰewg-. Has been displaced by δραπετεύω (drapetévo) in the Ancient Greek sense of "to flee".

Pronunciation

Verb

φεύγω (févgo)Category:Greek lemmas#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Greek verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Greek entries with incorrect language header#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Pages with entries#ΦΕΥΓΩCategory:Pages with 2 entries#ΦΕΥΓΩ (past έφυγα, passive —)

  1. (intransitiveCategory:Greek intransitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ) to leave, depart, go
    πότε φεύγει;póte févgei;when does it leave?Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΦΕΥΓΩ
  2. (transitiveCategory:Greek transitive verbs#ΦΕΥΓΩ) to leave from, depart from [with από]
    Το πλοίο φεύγει από τον Πειραιά.
    To ploío févgei apó ton Peiraiá.
    The boat leaves from Piraeus.
    Category:Greek terms with usage examples#ΦΕΥΓΩ

Conjugation

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Compounds
Stems φευγ- φυγ- φευκ-

See also

Further reading

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